"two" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} two
  1. (Berkshire) alternative form of to (“toe”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: to (extra: toe)
    Sense id: en-two-enm-noun-~q~NfklK Categories (other): Berkshire Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: /twɔ̝ː/, /twoː/, /twɑː/ [Early-Middle-English], /twaː/ [Northern] Forms: tuo [alternative], twa [alternative, Early-Middle-English, Northern]
Etymology: From Old English twā, feminine of twēġen. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:twā}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "two", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dwóh₁", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*twai", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*twai-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "twēġen", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "twā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "two", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="two">, {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}, {{inh|enm|ang|twā}} Old English twā Head templates: {{head|enm|numeral}} two
  1. two Related terms: twelf, twie, twifold, twofold, twyn
    Sense id: en-two-enm-num-P8TM~nRY Categories (other): Middle English cardinal numbers, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Two Disambiguation of Middle English cardinal numbers: 0 100 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Two: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Gif tƿa men oþer ·iii· coman ridend to an tun · al þe tunſcipe flugæn foꝛ heom. ƿenden ð hi ƿæron ræuereſ.",
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