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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,
Grammar
MID, with dat. or inst.
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  • Hig lǽddon hí of ðære byrig mid eallumhire mágum (

    Rahab et cunctum cognationem illius

    ),
    • Jos. 6, 23.

  • Wé sungon seofon seolmas mid letanian,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 29.

  • Se feónd mid his geférum eallum feóllon of heofnum,

    • Cd. 16
      • ;
    • Th. 20, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 306.

  • Ðú scealt friþ habban mid sunum ðínum

    thou and thy sons shall be protected,

    • 65
      • ;
    • Th. 78, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1300.

  • Æðelinga bearn, weras mid wífum,

    • 83
      • ;
    • Th. 104, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1738.
Grammar
MID, with acc.
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  • Wes ðú hál mid ðás willgedryht,

    • Andr. Krnbl. 1828
      • ;
    • An. 916.
with the idea of joint action or companionship, in conjunction with, in company with, along with,
Grammar
MID, with dat. or inst.
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  • Ic sang úhtsang mid gebróðrum

    cantavi nocturnam cum fratribus,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 25.

  • Mittan wítegan clypige,

    • R. Ben. 29, 6.

  • Mit ðam wítegan cweðan,

    • 31, 16.

  • Ðá férde se Hǽlend mid him,

    • Lk. Skt. 7, 6.

  • Mycel menegu wæs mid hyre,

    • 7, 12.

  • Ðá bebeád se fæder ðæm consule ðæt hé mid his fierde angeán fóre, and hé beæftan gebád mid sumum ðæm fultume,

    • Ors. 3, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 140, 19.

  • Gefeaht Æþelhelm wið Deniscne here mid Dornsǽtum,

    • Chr. 837
      • ;
    • Erl. 66, 8.

  • Se winterlíca wind wan mid (

    in league with

    )

    ðam forste,

    • Homl. Skt. 11, 144.

  • Ic fleáh mid fuglum,

    • Exon. 126 b
      • ;
    • Th. 487, 16
      • ;
    • Rä. 73, 3.

  • Hé fulluhtes gerýno onféng mid his þegnum ðe mid hine wǽron,

    • Bd. 3, 3
      • ;
    • S. 525, 27.

  • Ða eágan ... ætgædere mid ðæs martyres heáfde on eorþan feóllan,

    • 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 478, 38.
Grammar
MID, with acc.
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  • Ðé dǽlnimende gedéþ mid hine,

    • 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 515, 29.

  • Hé bæd ðæt hé mid ðone martyr þrowian móste,

    • 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 478, 18: 1, 23
      • ;
    • S. 485, 27.

  • Nemþe hé Cristes geleáfan onfénge mid ða þeóde ðe hé ofer cyning wæs,

    • 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 551, 1.

  • Hé gewát mid cyning engla,

    • Cd. 60
      • ;
    • Th. 73, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 1210: Beo. Th. 1329
      • ;
    • B. 662.

  • Ðæt mínne líchaman mid mínne goldgyfan gléd fæðmie,

    • 5297
      • ;
    • B. 2652.

  • Ic mid mec gelǽdde míne frýnd,

    • Nar. 29, 26.

  • Mid dryhten rúne besǽton,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1252
      • ;
    • An. 626
      • .
with. inst.
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  • Eode hé in mid áne his preósta,

    • Bd. 3, 5
      • ;
    • S. 527, 4
      • .

  • His hand mid ðý earme ðe of his líchoman áslegen wæs hé hét tó áhón,

    • 3, 12
      • ;
    • S. 537, 34.

  • Mid medmycele werede hé férde,

    • 3, 24
      • ;
    • S. 556, 20.
with the idea of reciprocal action
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  • Hé wolde mid his freóndum sprǽce and geþæht habban,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 515, 36.
expressing the relation between animate and inanimate things,
Grammar
MID, with dat. or inst.
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  • Ðá ða wífmen urnon mid stánum wið ðara wealla

    cum matronae currerent, et convehere in muros saxa gestirent,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 194, 11.

  • Twelf stánas hí hæfdon forþ mid him,

    • Jos. 4, 8.

  • Faran tó eá mid scype mínum,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 23.

  • Ic ástíge mín scyp mid hlæstum mínum,

    • 26, 31: Beo. Th. 250
      • ;
    • B. 125.

  • Hǽlend cymeþ mid wolcnum,

    • Cd. 227
      • ;
    • Th. 303, 5
      • ;
    • Sat. 608.

  • Hí férdon mid ðý hálgan Cristes mǽle,

    • Bd. 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 487, 22.
Grammar
MID, with acc.
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  • Ða (

    these things

    )

    mid hine brohte,

    • 2, 4
      • ;
    • S. 505, 38.

  • Mid ða nóþe niðer gewíteþ,

    • Exon. 97 a
      • ;
    • Th. 361, 31
      • ;
    • Wal. 28.
with the idea of an association which affords protection or help
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  • For ðan ðe ic beó mid ðé on eallum ðám ðe ðú tó færst,

    • Jos. 1, 9
      • ;
    • Mt. Kmbl. 28, 20.

  • Theodosius hæfde ðone wind mid him, ðæt his fultum mehte mǽstra ǽlcne heora flána on hiora feóndum áfæstnian,

    • Ors. 6, 36
      • ;
    • Swt. 294, 26.
with the idea of permanent association, (residing) with, at, (when the relation expressed is that of one to many) among; apud, penes,
Grammar
MID, with dat.
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  • Elles næbbe gé méde mid eówrum Fæder (

    apud patrem vestrum

    ),
    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 1.

  • Bæd æt Gode ðæt hé him geswutelode hwylc Basilius wǽre on wurðscype mid him (

    in what estimation he was with God

    ),
    • Homl. Skt. 3. 498.

  • Eallum ús leófre ys wíkian mid (

    apud) ðam yrþlinge ðonne mid (apud )

    ðé,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 1.

  • Ys seó mildheortnes mid (

    apud

    )

    ðé,

    • Ps. Th. 129, 4.

  • Albanus hæfde ðone andettere mid (

    penes

    )

    him,

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 477, 7.

  • Mid mannum ic eom

    apud homines sum,

  • mid ðam biscope hé wunaþ

    apud episcopum manet

  • .. mid eów hé is

    penes vos est,

  • mid démum

    penes judices,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 47
      • ;
    • Som. 47, 23-47.

  • Ic wæs mid Englum,

    • Exon. 85 b
      • ;
    • Th. 322, 10
      • ;
    • Víd. 61
      • (and often).

  • Ic hæfde ðé mid ðám fyrmestan ðe mínum hýréde folgodon

    I held thee among the first who followed my court,

    • Homl. Skt. 5, 412: Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 18, 53.

  • Gefrugnen mid folcum

    known among nations,

    • Exon. 11 a
      • ;
    • Th. 14, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 225.
Grammar
MID, with acc.
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  • Is mín hyht mid God,

    • 37 a
      • ;
    • Th. 125, 16
      • ;
    • Gn. 289: 39 a
      • ;
    • Th. 128, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 410.

  • Sibb sý mid eówic,

    • 75 b
      • ;
    • Th. 282, 25
      • ;
    • Jul. 668.

  • Wuna mid úsic,

    • Cd. 130
      • ;
    • Th. 164, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 2722.
between
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  • Déma mid unc twih

    a judge between us two,

    • 102
      • ;
    • Th. 136, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 2253.
expressing an accompanying circumstance, the phrase being often equivalent to an adverb of manner,
Grammar
MID, with dat.
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  • Mid gódum willan fæstan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 37, 27: 35, 27.

  • Mid his sylfes willan, willum

    ultro,

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 477, 22, 15.

  • Mid mycelre willsumnysse bodian

    magna devotione predicare,

    • 3, 3
      • ;
    • S. 526, 4.

  • Hé hæfde hí mid mycelre áre mid him,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564, 33.

  • Wæs sió fǽmne mid hyre fæder willan beweddad,

    • Exon. 66 a
      • ;
    • Th. 244, 24
      • ;
    • Jul. 32.

  • Brúc ðisses beáges mid hǽle,

    • Beo. Th. 2438
      • ;
    • B. 1217.

  • Ic eów mid gefeán ferian wille,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 693
      • ;
    • An. 347.

  • Winnan mid máne (

    criminally

    ),
    • Cd. 16
      • ;
    • Th. 19, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 299.

  • Mid swáte and mid sorgum libban,

    • 24
      • ;
    • Th. 31, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 482.

  • Wíf ðonne heó mid cylde biþ

    mulier gravida,

    • L. Ecg. C. 28, tit
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 130, 54.

  • Heó wæs mid bearne

    (cf.Icel. ganga með barni),
    • Shrn. 60, 33.

  • Ðá heó mid ðam bearne wæs,

    • 149, 1.

  • Swá mid ðam cilde wearþ,

    • Homl. Th. i. 460, 7.
Grammar
MID, with acc.
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  • Ðæt hé mid ða mǽstan swétnesse (

    maxima suavitate

    )

    geglencde,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 596, 34.
Grammar
MID, with inst.
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  • Ðá ongan hé mid gleáwe móde þencean,

    • 3, 10
      • ;
    • S. 534, 20: Past. 9, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 55, 20.
expressing the idea of instrumentality, by, through,
Grammar
MID, with inst. or dat.
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  • Hié wǽron gebrocede ... mid ðæm ðæt manige ðara sélestena cynges þéna forþférdon

    they suffered from the death of many of the best king's thanes,

    • Chr. 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 94, 32.

  • Ne canst ðú huntian búton mid nettum? ... Mid swiftum hundum ic betǽce wildeór,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 21-27.

  • Ðú ðæt land tódǽlst mid hlyte (

    sorte

    ),
    • Deut. 31, 7.

  • Mid ðissum woruldgesǽlþum and mid ðís andweardan welan mon wyrcþ oftor feónd ðonne freónd,

    • Bt. 24, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 84, 2-4.

  • Mid his handum gesceóp,

    • Cd. 14
      • ;
    • Th. 16, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 251.

  • Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, weredon mid ðý wealde,

    • 40
      • ;
    • Th. 52, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 846.

  • Stód bewrigen folde mid flóde,

    • 8
      • ;
    • Th. 10, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 157.

  • Ofgeót mid scíre wíne ealde,

    • L. M. 2, 11
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 188, 20.

  • Mid monige wíte þreágan,

    • Shrn. 101, 23.

  • Mid ðý blóde gewurþad,

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 478, 24.

  • Mid deáþe fornumen, forgripen,

    • 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 492, 30: 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 532, 27.

  • Mid his láre

    by means of his teaching,

    • 3, 28
      • ;
    • S. 560, 38.

  • Mid gýmenne mínra mága

    by the care of my kinsmen,

    • 5, 24
      • ;
    • S. 647, 22.

  • Dǽle hé swá mycel feoh for hyne swá hé ǽr mid him nam (

    as much as he got with him, i. e. by selling him ),

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 26
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 212, 12.

  • Eom ic leóhte geleáfan and mid lufan gefylled,

    • Exon. 42 a
      • ;
    • Th. 141, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 624.

  • Hé frægn hí mid hwí hí gesceldan heora hús wið ðæs fýres frécennysse,

    • Shrn. 90, 7
      • .

  • Gewiton mid ðý wǽge in forwyrd sceacan

    carried by the wave they hurried to destruction,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3186
      • ;
    • An. 1596: Cd. 12
      • ;
    • Th. 14, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 214.
Grammar
MID, with acc. (and inst.)
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  • Hé mid hí féran sceolde tó ðon ðæt hé ða fǽmnan ǽghwæðer ge mid ða (ðære,

      MS. B.)

  • mǽrsunge heofonlícra gerýna ge mid his dæghwamlícre láre trymede,

    • Bd. 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 510, 37.

  • Hé monige ... mid ða leornunga ðissa bóca gelǽdde,

    • 5, 18
      • ;
    • S. 636, 4: Cd. 100
      • ;
    • Th. 133, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 2208.

  • Se mihtiga slóh mid hálige hand,

    • 167
      • ;
    • Th. 208, 18
      • ;
    • Exod. 485.
having reference to time, with, at
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  • On úhtan mid ǽrdæge,

    • Beo. Th. 253
      • ;
    • B. 126: Andr. Kmbl. 2776
      • ;
    • An. 1390: 3048
      • ;
    • An. 1527: Cd. 121
      • ;
    • Th. 155, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 2575.
giving direction
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  • Onlong bróces mid streáme

    along the brook in the direction in which it runs,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 226, 20.
Grammar
MID, in adverbial or conjunctional phrases,
Grammar
MID, with eallum, ealle
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  • Hyne myd scrýne myd eallum on feastum cwearterne beclýsdon

    they shut him up cage and all in prison,

    • St. And. 38, 9.

  • Mid ealle

    penitus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 46.

  • Mid stybbe mid ealle

    stirpitus;

    mid wyrttruman mid ealle

    radicitus,

    • Som. 42, 3-4.

  • Hié ásettan hí on ǽnne síþ ofer mid horsum mid ealle,

    • Chr. 893
      • ;
    • Erl. 88, 24
(cf.
Icel. með öllu
).
Grammar
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 ðam ðe se apostol stóp intó ðære byrig, ðá bær man him tógeánes ánre wydewan líc,

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 51.

  • Mid ðam ðe hé hig geseah ðá éfste hé

    quos cum vidisset, cucurrit,

    • Gen. 18, 2.

  • Hé yfele mé dóþ manege woruldmenn, mid ðam ðæt is ne mót wealdan mína ágenra þeówa

    how ill do many men act towards me, when I may not rule my own servants,

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 20, 19.

  • Mid ðý ðe heó gehýrde ... ðá cwæþ heó,

    • Blickl. Homl. 7, 19: 15, 6.

  • Mid ðí ðe hié cómon ... hié gemétton seofon hyrdas standan,

    • 237, 17.

  • Mid ðý ðe (

    dum

    )

    hé hine geseah on singalum gebedum ... ðá wæs hé semninga mid ðam godcundan gyfe gemildsad,

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 476, 37.

  • Mitté

    dum,

    • Ps. Surt. 67, 8.

  • Mid ðý (

    cum

    )

    Peohtas wíf næfdon, bǽdon him fram

    • Scottum, Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 19.

  • Gif hé eów ne wyllan árísan tógeánes, mid ðý eówer má is (

    cum sitis numero plures

    ),
    • 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 503, 13: 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 493, 42.

  • Mid ðí hé ðis cwæþ, hé ástáh on heofenas,

    • Blickl. Homl. 237, 15.
Grammar
MID, used after its case or as an adverb
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  • On ðam clifian ðe him gód mid worhte

    cleave to him who did good with them,

    • Bt. 16, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 56, 10, 12.

  • Ða him mid scoldon

    which were to go with him,

    • Beo. Th. 82
      • ;
    • B. 41.

  • Ðara ðe hé him mid hæfde,

    • 3255
      • ;
    • B. 1625: 1783
      • ;
    • B. 889: Homl. Th. ii. 490, 24.

  • Manega óðre ðe him mid (

    simul cum eo

    )

    férdon,

    • Mk. Skt. 15, 41.

  • Mid férdan

    comeant, simul pergebant,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 45.

  • Hé his heres þriddan dǽl gehýdde and him self mid wæs,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 116, 27.

  • Hine mid wunode án ombehtþegn,

    • Exon. 47 a
      • ;
    • Th. 162, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 972.

  • Biddan ðone ele ðæt ðú Adam myd smyrian móte

    to ask for the oil, to anoint Adam with,

    • Nicod. Thw. 13, 23.

  • Smyre ðone man mid,

    • Herb. 54, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 158, 2.

  • Ðá sceolde hé sendan lýgetu and windas, and tówyrpan eall hira geweorc mid,

    • Bt. 35, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 162, 14.

  • Ic wilnode andweorces ðone anweald mid tó gereccenne,

    • 17
      • ;
    • Fox 60, 8: 20
      • ;
    • Fox 72, 24.

  • Se forma hád and se óðor hád beóþ ǽfre ætgedere ... se þridda hád is hwílon mid, hwílon on óðre stówe,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 15
      • ;
    • Som. 17, 39.

  • Ðonne se mon nó his ágenne gielp mid ne sécþ,

    • Past. 59
      • ;
    • Swt. 451, 15.

  • Gif hé nóht geseón ne mǽge mid,

    • L. Alf. pol. 47
      • ;
    • Th. i. 94, 6.

  • Hé hæfde mildheortnysse ða þearfan mid tó fréfrigenne,

    • Bd. 3, 17
      • ;
    • S. 545, 13.

  • Geond ðone ofen eodon and se engel mid,

    • Cd. 191
      • ;
    • Th. 238, 14
      • ;
    • Dan. 354.

  • Ðæt wæs Satane and his gesíðum mid,

    • Exon. 30 a
      • ;
    • Th. 93, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 1522.

  • Ǽlc ðara ðe mid stande

    every one that stands by (assists) him,

    • L. Ath. i. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 200, 3.
Etymology
[
Mid occurs in Piers P., and still remains in mid-wife
:
Goth. miþ, mid
:
O. Sax. midi, mid
:
O. Frs. mith, mit mei
:
O. L. Ger. mid, mit, met
:
Icel. með
:
Swed. Dan. med.
O. H. Ger. miti, mit
:
Ger. mit
:
Du. met.
]
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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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