Old English · preposition
betweonum
- Part of speech
- preposition
- IPA
- /beˈtwe͜oː.num/
- Syllables
- be · ˈtwe͜oː · num (3 syllables)
Meaning
between
Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs IIII hunde wintra ⁊ II, þætte Cartaina þǣre burge ǣrendracan cōmon tō Rōme ⁊ him ġebudon þæt hīe frið him betwēonum hæfden...
Four hundred and two years after the city of Rome was built, messengers [from] the city of Carthage came to Rome and proposed that there be peace between them...
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bi Proto-West Germanic *bī Old English be Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der. Proto-Germanic *twīhaz Proto-Germanic *twīhnazder. Old English twēonum Old English betweonum Originally a phrase made up of be (“by”) + twēonum (“the two”, dative plural noun; see twegen). Very rarely, these elements were still used as separate words: be sǣm twēonum ("between two seas," Beowulf 858).
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