† twispechen.
Obsolete.
Double or deceitful speech.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > in speech
twispechea950
double-tonguec1386
syllogism1387
reservation1612
ploda1903
a950 in J. Stevenson Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (1840) 25 Facon and eswico and aefisto and allo tuispreco.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Ðe defles sed is hoker and scorn..cheast and twispeche.
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n.a950- to lose sleep about
- to lose sleep for
- to lose sleep over
- to lose stock and block
- to lose the day
- to lose the duke
- to lose the exchange
- to lose the fang
- to lose the number of one's mess
- to lose the plot
- to lose the run of
- to lose the run of oneself
- to lose the scent
- to lose the sheep dialect ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
- to lose the sheep for a ha'p'orth of tar
- to lose the sheep for a ha'porth of tar
- to lose the thread
- to lose the will to live
- to lose to view
- to lose touch
- to lose track of
- to lose weight
- to lose, to do in one's block
- to lose, to do one's block
- to louk in clay