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tó-middes

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Grammar
tó-middes, prep. (adv.)
Wright's OE grammar
§557; §559;
with dat.
marking rest, in the midst of, amidst,
preceding the governed word
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  • Gewurðe fæstnis tómiddes ðam wæterum

    fiat firmamentum in media aquarum,

    • Gen. 1, 6.

  • Iosue hét áhebban óðre twelf stánas tómiddes ðam streáme

    (in medio Jordanis alveo),

    • Jos. 4, 9.

  • Tómiddes eów stód ðe gé ne cunnon

    medius uestrum stetit quem uos non scitis,

    • Jn. Skt. i. 26.

  • Hé stód ðǽr ána tómiddes eallum ðam folce,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 639.
following the governed word
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  • Hé stód him tómiddes,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 617.

  • Ðǽr ic sylf beó him tómiddes,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 284, 19.

  • Sticaþ him tómiddes,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 1010;
    • Sal. 506.

  • Holte tómiddes,

    • Met. 13, 37
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 21, 15;
    • Gen. 324.
marking motion, into the midst of
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  • Hwænne ðú miht to ðam folce becuman mid ealre ðínre fare tómiddes Hierusalem,

    • Homl. Ass. 110, 259.

  • Hine ðanon ealle átugan tómiddes ðære cýpinge,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 609.
with gen. (here, perhaps, middes should rather be taken as noun governing the following word in the genitive)
marking rest, in the midst of, in the middle of
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  • Ðá fundon hié hiene tómiddes ðara wietena ... ðá wæs hé gemét sittende tómiddes ðara láreówa

    invenerunt illum sedentem in medio doctorum ... in medio doctorum sedens invenitur,

    • Past. 49;
    • Swt. 385, 21-25.

  • Ic sette míne hálgan stówe tómiddes eówre

    (in medio vestri),

    • Lev. 26, 11.

  • Tómiddes hyra

    in medio,

    • Jn. Skt. 8, 3.

  • Ðǽr ic beó tómiddes heora,

    • L. E. I. 7;
    • Th. ii. 406, 27.
marking movement, into the midst of
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  • Ðá hé hiene tómiddes ðæs wéstennes hæfde gelǽdd

    in deserta perductus,

    • Ors. 6, 31;
    • Swt. 286, 17.
as adverb
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  • Hé áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes ðár ðæt scræf wæs tómiddes,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 416.

  • Sete on feówer healfe ðæs ceápes, and án tómiddes,

    • Lchdm. iii. 56, 9.

  • Álegdon ðá tómiddes mǽrne þeóden,

    • Beo. Th. 6273;
    • B. 3141.
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v.  middes tó.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-middes.” 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/30773.

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