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mid-wist

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
mid-wist, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§576; §616;
The being with others, presence, society
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  • Þurh font-hálgunge gewyrþ sóna Godes midwist

    by the hallowing of the font God becomes at once present,

    • Wulfst. 36, 2.
  • Ǽlc ðe gewita oððe gewyrhta sí ðǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie geládie ðære midwiste

    let every one that is cognisant or co-operating, where a stranger injures a native, clear himself of the participation,

    • L. O. D. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 354, 29.
  • Snottre men lufiaþ midwist míne,

    • Exon. 130 b
    • ;
    • Th. 500, 17
    • ;
    • Rä. 89, 8.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. mite-wist consortium, participatio.
]
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Word-wheel

  • mid-wist, n.