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MID

  • preposition
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Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.
Wright's OE grammar
§559; §560; §576;
With; at the root of the various meanings lies the idea of association, of being together.
having very nearly the same force as and,
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MID, with dat. or inst.
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MID, with acc.
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with the idea of joint action or companionship, in conjunction with, in company with, along with,
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MID, with dat. or inst.
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MID, with acc.
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with. inst.
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with the idea of reciprocal action
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expressing the relation between animate and inanimate things,
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MID, with dat. or inst.
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MID, with acc.
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with the idea of an association which affords protection or help
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with the idea of permanent association, (residing) with, at, (when the relation expressed is that of one to many) among; apud, penes,
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MID, with dat.
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MID, with acc.
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between
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expressing an accompanying circumstance, the phrase being often equivalent to an adverb of manner,
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MID, with dat.
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MID, with acc.
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MID, with inst.
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expressing the idea of instrumentality, by, through,
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MID, with inst. or dat.
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MID, with acc. (and inst.)
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having reference to time, with, at
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giving direction
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MID, in adverbial or conjunctional phrases,
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MID, with eallum, ealle
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(cf.
Icel. með öllu
).
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MID, with dat. or inst. case of the demonstrative,
denoting that the two actions expressed by the verbs in the connected clauses are in close association, being either simultaneous, or the one following upon, and being regarded, more or less, as the result of the other, when, since, seeing that; cum
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MID, used after its case or as an adverb
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Etymology
[
Mid occurs in Piers P., and still remains in mid-wife
:
Goth. miþ, mid
:
O. Sax. midi, mid
:
O. Frs. mith, mit mei
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O. L. Ger. mid, mit, met
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Icel. með
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Swed. Dan. med.
O. H. Ger. miti, mit
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Ger. mit
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Du. met.
]
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v.  mið.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “MID.” 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/22788.

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