Old English · preposition
betwyh
- Part of speech
- preposition
- IPA
- /beˈtwyx/[beˈtwyç]
- Syllables
- be · ˈtwyx (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- between
Meaning
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between
Breoton ist gārseċġes ēalond, ðæt wæs iū Albion hāten: is ġeseted betwyh norðdǣle and westdǣle, Ġermanie ⁊ Gallie ⁊ Hispanie þām mǣstum dǣlum Europe myċċle fæce onġeġn.
Britain is an island of the sea, which was formerly called Albion: is is situated between the north and west, opposite of and far from Germania and Gaul and Hispania, the largest divisions of Europe.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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