Middle English Dictionary Entry
twikken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | twikken v. Also twik. |
| Etymology | OE twiccian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. twicchen v.
1.
To draw, tug; pluck (a leaf); ?also, pull (sb. or sth.) lightly [1st quot.].
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)505 : Twykkyn [KC: twychyn], or sum-what drawyn: Tractulo.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)6.26 : This mone is ek for pampinacioun conuenient—void leves puld to be..Whil that me may with no difficulte With fyngres lightly twyk [L carpentis] hem from the tre.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)263/171 : 'Som can twyk, who so it is, Sekys easse on som kyn syde'..'It is better..On by his self to draw this rope.'