Old English · preposition
mid
- Part of speech
- preposition
- IPA
- /mid/
- Syllables
- mid (1 syllable)
Meaning
with
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 29:19
I would rather give her to you than to someone else. Stay with me!
by
"God underfēng his cnapan Israhel." Mid þām naman syndon ġetācnode ealle ðā þe Gode ġehȳrsumiað mid sōðre ēadmōdnysse, þā hē underfēhð tō his werode.
"God hath received his servant Israel." By that name are betokened all those who obey God with true humility, whom he receives into his company.
c. 992, Ælfric, "THE ANNUNCIATION OF ST. MARY."as
Mid þām ðe sē apostol Iōhannes stōp intō ðǣre byriġ Ephesum, þā bær man him tōġēanes ānre wydewan līċ tō byriġenne; hire nama wæs Drūsiana.
As the apostle John was entering the city of Ephesus, there was borne towards him the corpse of a widow to be buried; her name was Drusiana.
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"on
...ofer ðā rēadan sǣ sīðodon mid fōtum...
...they had journeyed on foot over the Red Sea,...
late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Prayer of Moses (Mid-Lent)"
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *midi. Compare Old Saxon mid, Old High German mit, Old Norse með.
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