Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

be-tweoh

  • preposition
Dictionary links
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]
Wright's OE grammar
§127; §175; §559;
Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio;
dat.
Show examples

  • Men and nétenu habbaþ andan betweoh him

    men and beasts have enmity between them,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 28, 104
      • ;
    • Met. 28, 52.

  • Betweohs him

    among them;

    in cujus medio,

    • Ex. 34, 10.

  • Betwyh him

    among them,

    • Bt. 39, 12
      • ;
    • Fox 230, 27.

  • Betwuh ðám wæs seó Magdalenisce Maria, and Maria Iacobes móder

    inter quas erat Maria Magdalene, et Maria Iacobi mater,

    • Mt. Bos. 27, 56.

  • Betwuht him

    between them,

    • Bt. 39, 13
      • ;
    • Fox 234. 5.

  • Betwux wífa bearnum

    inter natos mulierum,

    • Lk. Bos. 7, 28.

  • Betwuxt ðám warum

    among their wares [merchandise],

    • Nat. S. Greg. Els. 11, 14.

  • Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle

    Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles,

    • Ors. 1, 19
      • ;
    • Bos. 21, 30.
acc
Show examples

  • Swá lamb betweox wulfas

    sicut agnos inter lupos,

    • Lk. Bos. 10, 3.

  • Betwih ða mægen

    inter virtutes,

    • Bd. 4. 9
      • ;
    • S. 576, 28.

  • Ne byþ swá betweox eów

    non ita erit inter vos,

    • Mt. Bos. 20, 26.
the case sometimes precedes the prep. or is separated from it
Show examples

  • Hí him healdaþ betwuh sibbe

    they keep peace between themselves,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 29, 8
      • ;
    • Met. 29, 4.

  • Him betuh

    between them,

    • Cd. 37
      • ;
    • Th. 47, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 766.
Linked entries
v.  be-tweohnum be-tuh be-tweohs be-tweox betwih-licgan be-twuh be-twuht be-twux be-twuxt be-twyh be-twyxt.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-tweoh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4105.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • be-tweoh, prep.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.