Cardinal number as adj.: (a) two; also, with diminished force in generalizing phrase: a furlong or ~ [could also be construed as sense 2.(a)]; (b) double, dual; twofold; of two kinds; having two components; also, distinct, of two different sorts [last quot.]; (c) being one of two children born at one birth, twin; ~ brother (childre) [cp. twin n.]; (d) as a distributive: two apiece, two each.

(a) In combs.: ~ del (met), a double portion, twice as much; ~ heu, twin-hued, of two colors; ~ kin (kinde), theol. dual nature, twofold nature; ~ man-slaught, double homicide; ~ wateres, two successive changes of cooking water; ~ wivinge, bigamy; (b) in selected prep. phrases: o (upon) ~ wise, in two manners; of (on) ~ manere, on ~ wei, in a twofold manner, in two ways; on ~ half, on either side.

Cardinal number as noun: (a) two persons or animals, a pair; also, in partitive constructions: ~ of (o); (b) in prep. phrases: in (o, on) ~, in half, in two, into two parts, groups, etc.; apart, asunder; also, separately [last quot.]; biten in ~, to bite open (a fruit); liven in ~, of husband and wife: hold apart from one another, live chastely; shaven in ~, cut the hair of (someone's head) on either side; (c) parten in (on) ~, sechen in ~, to part company, part from each other, go different ways; also, separate (one person or group from another, Christ from God); (d) ? = atwin(ne adv.

In compound number: fourti yer and ~.