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middel

adjective

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Grammar

middel, superl. midlest; adj.

Middle

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.

Entry information

Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “middel.” 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/22802.

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