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middel

  • adjective
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Grammar
middel, superl. midlest; adj.
Middle
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  • Be midelen streáme

    in mid stream,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 385, 15.
  • Se midlesta finger

    the middle finger,

    • L. Alf. pol. 58
    • ;
    • Th. i. 96, 3.
  • Be ðam midlæstan (

    the third in a list of five names

    )

    is nú tó secgenne,

    • Bd. 4, 23
    • ;
    • S. 594, 15.
  • Swá biþ dám midlestan monnum

    so it is with men of an intermediate class (between the best and the great majority of mankind),

    • Bt. 39, 7
    • ;
    • Fox 222, 4 (v. midd).
Middel is found as the first part of many names of places, e.g. Middel-tún Middleton, Middel-hám Middleham, etc.,
  • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 315
  • ;
see also following words.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. middil-gard
:
O. Frs. middel; superl. midlest, -ost, -ast
:
Icel. meðal-, in cpds.
:
O. H. Ger. mittil
:
Laym. Gen. and Ex. A. R. Ayenb. have superl. midlest.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • middel, adj.