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be-tweoh

  • preposition
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Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]
Wright's OE grammar
§127; §175; §559;
Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio.
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  • Men and nétenu habbaþ andan betweoh him

    men and beasts have enmity between them,

      Bt. Met. Fox 28, 104; Met. 28, 52.
  • Betweohs him

    among them;

    in cujus medio,
      Ex. 34, 10.
  • Betwyh him

    among them,

      Bt. 39, 12; Fox 230, 27.
  • Betwuh ðám wæs seó Magdalenisce Maria, and Maria Iacobes móder

    inter quas erat Maria Magdalene, et Maria Iacobi mater,

      Mt. Bos. 27, 56.
  • Betwuht him

    between them,

      Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234. 5.
  • Betwux wífa bearnum

    inter natos mulierum,

      Lk. Bos. 7, 28.
  • Betwuxt ðám warum

    among their wares [merchandise],

      Nat. S. Greg. Els. 11, 14.
  • Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle

    Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles,

      Ors. 1, 19; Bos. 21, 30.
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  • Swá lamb betweox wulfas

    sicut agnos inter lupos,

      Lk. Bos. 10, 3.
  • Betwih ða mægen

    inter virtutes,

      Bd. 4. 9; S. 576, 28.
  • Ne byþ swá betweox eów

    non ita erit inter vos,

      Mt. Bos. 20, 26.
the case sometimes precedes the prep. or
is separated from it
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  • Hí him healdaþ betwuh sibbe

    they keep peace between themselves,

      Bt. Met. Fox 29, 8; Met. 29, 4.
  • Him betuh

    between them,

      Cd. 37; Th. 47, 26; Gen. 766.
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  • be-tweoh, prep.