twitchenn.

Brit.

/ˈtwɪtʃ(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˈtwɪtʃən/

Forms: Old English twicen, Old English twycene, Old English twycine (rare), early Middle English thuychene (in surname), early Middle English twicene (in copy of Old English charter), early Middle English twicine, Middle English twichene (in surnames and in copy of Old English charter), Middle English twychen (in surname), Middle English twychene (in surnames), Middle English twychyn (in surname), 1900s twitchen (Newfoundland).

Origin: Probably a word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Probably < the Germanic base of twi- comb. form + an element of uncertain origin, perhaps a k -extension of the base (compare, in different sense, Old Swedish tvika to doubt) + the Germanic base of -en suffix¹ or -en suffix². Compare twitchel n.¹, twitten n., and also twisel n.Wider currency in Middle English, apparently in the sense ‘narrow lane’, seems to be implied by former street names, such as Kibaldistwichene , Oxford (c1212; also Kiboldestrate (c1215–25); now only as a house name Kybald Twychen), Dedemanes Twichene , Northampton (1247). Compare also the early place names Twichene , Devon (1238, now Lower Twitchen) and (le) Twychene , Devon (1244, now Twitchen), and field names such as (le) Twychene , Grumbald's Ash, Gloucestershire (1263) and Twychene , Cranborne, Dorset (1325). In this type of name, the word usually refers to a nearby crossroads or fork in the road, which can often be identified. Compare also the early surname John Twychenere (1362), probably the name of a person who lived at a crossroads (compare -er suffix¹). Compare English regional (Yorkshire) twitching-spot a short steep twist or bend in a road (late 19th cent.), the first element of which probably reflects an alteration of the present word after twitching n.¹

regional in later use. Now rare.

A narrow lane or alley; a narrow passage. In early use also: a place where two or more roads meet or where a road forks. Cf. twitchel n.¹Frequently as a topographical term and in place names; in quot. 1273 in a topographical surname and in quot. 1913 apparently used (attributively) in the name of a road or track.The sense ‘narrow passage’ probably goes back to Old English, as implied by the composition date of quot. a1225. Quot. OE², which translates classical Latin ambitus, probably also shows this sense, as the putative source of the gloss (Isidore, Origines 15.16.12) explains that such a strip of ground around the outside of a building (compare ambit n. 1) must be wide enough to walk around.In quot. 1991 probably as a self-conscious use of an obscure or unusual word.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun]

lane971

twitchenOE

twitchelc1196

loaning1324

loan1362

stowc1440

strait1622

laning1638

slip1739

drong1787

loke1787

twittena1798

boreen1841

hutung1922

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > between buildings

twitchenOE

chare12..

shut1300

alley1360

entryc1405

wyndc1425

vennel1435

trance1545

row1599

ginnel1669

ruelle1679

gangway1785

pend close1819

ope1825

jitty1836

scutchell1847

gully1849

bolt1855

opeway1881

snicket1898

jigger1902

jowler1961

OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 4 Þa hi utferdon hi gemetton þone folan ute on twycenan [c1200 Hatton on twicinan; L. in biuio] beforan dura getigedne.

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 85 Competa, weg gelæta. Ambitus, twicen.

a1225 ( Bounds (Sawyer 621) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Abingdon Abbey, Pt. 2 (2001) 267 Þonon to þære Twicene, andlang Twicene on Weahhes fen.

1273 in G. Kristensson Stud. Middle Eng. Topogr. Terms (1970) 44 Ioh. atte Twychen.

1436 in Sussex Archæol. Coll. (1950) 89 133 [A parcel of ground called a] Twychene, [two feet wide, between their tenements in North Street, Chichester].

1913 W. S. Thomas Trails & Tramps in Alaska & Newfoundland 184 A guide employed, we made a trip up a long valley by the old ‘Twitchen’ road, used years ago and grown up with alder, fir, and balsam so as to be almost closed.

1991 J. Keates Italian Journeys vii. 100 Once Venice has clutched you to her, you learn the secret twitchens, snickels and ginnels which make the short cuts, and remember the dead-ends which land you by a pile of plastic sacks beside a moored barge on a silent canal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	twitchen
释义	twitchenn. Brit. /ˈtwɪtʃ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈtwɪtʃən/ Forms: Old English twicen, Old English twycene, Old English twycine (rare), early Middle English thuychene (in surname), early Middle English twicene (in copy of Old English charter), early Middle English twicine, Middle English twichene (in surnames and in copy of Old English charter), Middle English twychen (in surname), Middle English twychene (in surnames), Middle English twychyn (in surname), 1900s twitchen (Newfoundland). Origin: Probably a word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Probably < the Germanic base of twi- comb. form + an element of uncertain origin, perhaps a k -extension of the base (compare, in different sense, Old Swedish tvika to doubt) + the Germanic base of -en suffix¹ or -en suffix². Compare twitchel n.¹, twitten n., and also twisel n.Wider currency in Middle English, apparently in the sense ‘narrow lane’, seems to be implied by former street names, such as Kibaldistwichene , Oxford (c1212; also Kiboldestrate (c1215–25); now only as a house name Kybald Twychen), Dedemanes Twichene , Northampton (1247). Compare also the early place names Twichene , Devon (1238, now Lower Twitchen) and (le) Twychene , Devon (1244, now Twitchen), and field names such as (le) Twychene , Grumbald's Ash, Gloucestershire (1263) and Twychene , Cranborne, Dorset (1325). In this type of name, the word usually refers to a nearby crossroads or fork in the road, which can often be identified. Compare also the early surname John Twychenere (1362), probably the name of a person who lived at a crossroads (compare -er suffix¹). Compare English regional (Yorkshire) twitching-spot a short steep twist or bend in a road (late 19th cent.), the first element of which probably reflects an alteration of the present word after twitching n.¹ regional in later use. Now rare. A narrow lane or alley; a narrow passage. In early use also: a place where two or more roads meet or where a road forks. Cf. twitchel n.¹Frequently as a topographical term and in place names; in quot. 1273 in a topographical surname and in quot. 1913 apparently used (attributively) in the name of a road or track.The sense ‘narrow passage’ probably goes back to Old English, as implied by the composition date of quot. a1225. Quot. OE², which translates classical Latin ambitus, probably also shows this sense, as the putative source of the gloss (Isidore, Origines 15.16.12) explains that such a strip of ground around the outside of a building (compare ambit n. 1) must be wide enough to walk around.In quot. 1991 probably as a self-conscious use of an obscure or unusual word. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] lane971 twitchenOE twitchelc1196 loaning1324 loan1362 stowc1440 strait1622 laning1638 slip1739 drong1787 loke1787 twittena1798 boreen1841 hutung1922 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > lane > [noun] > between buildings twitchenOE chare12.. shut1300 alley1360 entryc1405 wyndc1425 vennel1435 trance1545 row1599 ginnel1669 ruelle1679 gangway1785 pend close1819 ope1825 jitty1836 scutchell1847 gully1849 bolt1855 opeway1881 snicket1898 jigger1902 jowler1961 OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 4 Þa hi utferdon hi gemetton þone folan ute on twycenan [c1200 Hatton on twicinan; L. in biuio] beforan dura getigedne. OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 85 Competa, weg gelæta. Ambitus, twicen. a1225 ( Bounds (Sawyer 621) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Abingdon Abbey, Pt. 2 (2001) 267 Þonon to þære Twicene, andlang Twicene on Weahhes fen. 1273 in G. Kristensson Stud. Middle Eng. Topogr. Terms (1970) 44 Ioh. atte Twychen. 1436 in Sussex Archæol. Coll. (1950) 89 133 [A parcel of ground called a] Twychene, [two feet wide, between their tenements in North Street, Chichester]. 1913 W. S. Thomas Trails & Tramps in Alaska & Newfoundland 184 A guide employed, we made a trip up a long valley by the old ‘Twitchen’ road, used years ago and grown up with alder, fir, and balsam so as to be almost closed. 1991 J. Keates Italian Journeys vii. 100 Once Venice has clutched you to her, you learn the secret twitchens, snickels and ginnels which make the short cuts, and remember the dead-ends which land you by a pile of plastic sacks beside a moored barge on a silent canal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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