thwite

English

verb
Definitions
  • (obsolete) To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English thwiten inherited from Old English þwītan (cut, cut off, strike down, whittle, thwite, cutt off) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną (split).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*þwītaną

Gloss

split

Concept
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