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middan-geard

  • noun [ masculine ]
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middan-geard, es; m.
the middle dwelling (between heaven and hell), the earth, world
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  • Middangeard

    chosmos,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 36.

  • Se læssa middangeard

    microchosmos,

    • 56, 22.

  • On Godes onwealde is eal ðes middangeard, and ðás windas and ðás regnas syndon ealle his, and ealle gesceafta syndon his,

    • Blickl. Homl. 51, 19.

  • Ðes middangeard wæs tó ðon fæger, ðæt hé teáh men tó him þurh his wlite,

    • 115, 10.

  • Ðes middangeard daga gehwylce fealleþ and tó ende éfsteþ,

    • 59, 26: Exon. 77 a
      • ;
    • Th. 290
      • ;
    • Wand. 62.

  • Cwealmdreóre swealh middangeard

    earth drank gore,

    • Cd. 47
      • ;
    • Th. 60, 23
      • ;
    • Gen. 986.

  • Gefylled wearþ eall ðes middangeard monna bearnum,

    • 75
      • ;
    • Th. 93, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 1554.

  • Beofaþ middangeard, hrúse under hæleþum,

    • Exon. 20 b
      • ;
    • Th. 55, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 882.

  • Ealne ðisne ymbhwyrft ðises middangeardes swá swá Oceanus útan ymbligeþ

    orbem totius terrae, Oceani limbo circumseptum,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 8, 1.

  • Middangeardes, eorþan sceátta,

    • Beo. Th. 1507
      • ;
    • B. 751.

  • Ríce middangeardes ðǽr nó men búgaþ

    hunc orbem, mors ubi regna tenet,

    • Exon. 58 a
      • ;
    • Th. 208, 17
      • ;
    • Ph. 157.

  • Rícsian on ðiosan middangearde,

    • Ors. 1, 2, tit.
      • ;
    • Swt. 1, 4.

  • Seó ród biþ árǽred on ðæt gewrixle ðara tungla, seó nú on middangearde áwergede gástas flémeþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 24.

  • Ðæt nǽre nǽfre nǽnig tó ðæs hálig mon on ðissum middangearde, ne furþum nǽnig on heofenum,

    • 117, 26.

  • Swá hwǽr swá ðys godspel byþ gebodud on eallum myddangearde (

    in toto mundo

    ),
    • Mt. Kmbl. A. 26, 13.

  • Geond ealne middangeard,

    • Blickl. Homl. 69, 19.

  • Ðá ic wíde gefrægn weorc gebannan manigre mǽgþe geond ðisne middangeard,

    • Beo. Th. 151
      • ;
    • B. 75: Exon. 33 a
      • ;
    • Th. 104, 1
      • ;
    • Gú. 1: 95 b
      • ;
    • Th. 355, 37
      • ;
    • Pa. 1.

  • God ðysne middangeard tócleófeþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 35: Andr. Kmbl. 322
      • ;
    • An. 161.
the world and they that dwell therein, mankind
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  • Se middangeard ús wæs lange underþeóded, and ús deáþ mycel gafol geald,

    • Blickl. Homl. 85, 11.

  • Him æteówde eal eorþan ríce and ídel wuldor ðisses middangeardes,

    • 27, 17: 65, 15.

  • Líf ðysses middangeardes

    this present life,

    • 59, 27.

  • Gé synt middaneardes (-geardes, MS. A.) leóht

    vos estis lux mundi,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 5, 14.

  • Ða hwatestan men ealles ðises middangeardes,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 48, 6.

  • Hú gesǽlig seó forme eld wæs ðises middangeardes,

    • Bt. 15
      • ;
    • Fox 48, 3.

  • Heofones waldend, ealles waldend middangeardes,

    • Exon. 16 a
      • ;
    • Th. 35, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 557: 65 b
      • ;
    • Th. 241, 32
      • ;
    • Ph. 665: Andr. Kmbl. 453
      • ;
    • An. 227.

  • Middangeardes weard (

    Nebuchadnezzar

    ),
    • Cd. 205
      • ;
    • Th. 253, 17
      • ;
    • Dan. 597.

  • Gecýþ nú middangearde blisse,

    • Blickl. Homl. 87, 24.

  • Hé getácnaþ ðysne middangeard, se wæs synna and mána full,

    • 75, 5.

  • Hé com on ðære syxtan ylde on ðysne middangeard mancyn tó álýsenne,

    • 71, 26: Homl. Th. i. 62, 11.
Etymology
[
Goth. midjun-gards oίκoυμένη
:
O. H. Ger. mittan-, mittin-gart
:
cf. myddellyard the world, Chest. Plays 1, 67
:
O. Sax. middel-gard
:
O. H. Ger. mittil-gart orbis
:
Icel. mið-garðr.
'The Icel. Edda has preserved the true mythical bearing of the word.-The earth (miðgarð), the abode of men, is seated in the middle of the universe, bordered by mountains and surrounded by the great sea (úthaf); on the other side of this sea is the Út-garð, the abode of giants; the Miðgarð is defended by the Ás-garð (the burgh of the gods), lying in the middle (the heaven being conceived as rising above the earth). Thus the earth and mankind are represented as a stronghold besieged by the powers of evil from without, defended by the gods from above and from within.'-Cl. and Vig. Dict. s.
Similar entries
v. See also Grmm. D. M. 754.]
Linked entries
v.  middan-eard.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “middan-geard.” 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/22797.

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