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be-tweonum

  • preposition
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Grammar
be-tweonum, be-tweonan, be-twinum, be-twinan, be-twynan, bi-tweon, bi-tweonum; prep.
Wright's OE grammar
§127; §329; §456; §559;
dat.
acc. [be, bi by, with, tweo two; dat. tweonum, twinum, tweon, twin, twyn]
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio.
dat. Betweonan ðám between them,
    Ps. Th. 102, 12.
Betweonum ðissum þingum amid these things, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, note 26. Ðá Iudeas cwǽdon betweonan him sylfum
then the Jews said among themselves,
    Jn. Bos. 7, 35.
acc. Ðú hí betweonum wætera weallas lǽddest thou ledest them between waterwalls, Ps. Th. 105, 9. Ðá seó cwén ongan lǽran ðæt hie sybbe swá same sylfra betweonum freóndrǽdenne gelǽston
then the queen began to teach that they should hold peace also amid their friendly band,
    Elen. Kmbl. 2412; El. 1207.
sometimes betweonum
follows its case, or is separated from it
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  • Ðá gewearþ hí him betweonum

    they then agreed between themselves,

      Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 24.

  • Léton him ða betweonum tán wisian

    they let the lot decide between them,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2199; An. 1101.

  • Ne sceólon unc betweonan teónan weaxan

    injury shall not wax between us two,

      Cd, 91; Th, 114, 10; Gen. 1902.

  • Hluton hell-cræftum, hǽðengildum teledon betwinum

    they cast lots, counted, with hellish arts, amid heathen gods,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2207; An. 1105.

  • Gif ge habbaþ lufe eów betwynan

    si dilectionem habueritis ad invicem,

      Jn. Bos. 13, 35.

  • Friþ freóndum bitweon

    peace between friends,

      Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 15; Cri. 1659.
sometimes the case is placed between be and tweonum, as, - Be sǽm tweonum
between the seas,
    Cd. 163; Th. 205, 28; Exod. 442 : 170; Th. 214, 1; Exod. 562.
Similar entries
v. bi-tweonum.
Linked entries
v.  be-tweonan be-twinan be-twinum be-twynan bi-tweon.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-tweonum.” 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/4108.

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