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midde

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
midde, an; f.
The middle (only in the phrase on middan)
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  • Se fugel hafaþ iiii heáfdu ... and hé is on middan hwælan hiwes

    the bird hath four heads ... and in the middle it is of a whale's shape,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 526
    • ;
    • Sal. 262.
  • Forwrát hé wyrm on middan,

    • Beo. Th. 5404
    • ;
    • B. 2705.
  • Múð wæs on middan,

    • Exon. 108 b
    • ;
    • Th. 415, 10
    • ;
    • Rä. 33, 9.
  • On æge biþ gioleca on middan,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 170.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. middea (an middean)
:
Icel. miðja (í miðju)
:
cf. O. H. Ger. mittí (in mittí)
:
Ger. mitte.
]
Similar entries
v. on-middan.
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  • midde, n.