midwist

Meaning

1. presence

2. society

   Nū snottre men swīþast lufiaþ midwist mīne; iċ moniġum sċeal wīsdōm cȳþan; nō þǣr word sprecað ǣniġ ofer eorðan, þēah nū ælda bearn londbūendra lāstas mīne swīþe sēċað. Iċ swaþe hwīlum mīne bemīþe monna ġehwylċum.

   Now wise men love my company the most; I shall tell wisdom for many; no one there speaks words over the Earth, even if now the dwellers' sons of men thoroughly seek my paths. Sometimes, I hide my roads from any of the men.

   c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 95:

3. participation, cooperation

Declension