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middel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.
The middle, centre
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  • In midle

    in centro,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 13
    ,
  • On middele (Ps. Lamb. midle) innoþes mín

    in medio ventris mei,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 13, 21.
  • Hé ánne cnapan gesette on hyra middele (

    in medio eorum

    ),
    • Mk. 9, 36.
  • Se ðe álǽdde Israhel of middele heora ... þurh middele his,

    • Ps. Spl. 135, 11, 14.
  • Of midle

    ex centro,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 47.
  • Of ðæs wuda midle,

    • Exon. 56 b
    • ;
    • Th. 202,6
    • ;
    • Ph. 65.
  • Hió is gesceapen on ðam midle, betwux ðære drýgan and ðære cealdan eorþan and ðam hátan fýre,

    • Bt. 33, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 128, 37.
  • Hió is on midle fýres and eorþan,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 163
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 82.
  • On midle mínra dagena,

    • Ps. Th. 101, 21.
  • Is ðis eálond geseted ongeán midle Súþ-Seaxna (

    contra medium Australium Saxonum

    ),
    • Bd. 4, 16
    • ;
    • S. 585, 1.
  • Intó ðam middelan (intó middan, other MS:) ðere stréte,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 385, 9.
  • On middel ðæs unmǽtan cyles,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 627, 42: 628, 1.
  • On ðone middel ðære mǽran byrig,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1724
    • ;
    • El. 864.
  • Hié gegripan on hire middel

    laid hold of her waist

    (cf.
    • Laym. 28069,
  • Þa leo iueng me bi þan midle:

    • Piers. P. 5, 358, B. text
    • ),
    • Blickl. Homl. 141, 29.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. á, í meðal among; á, í milli (from miðli) between
:
M. H. Ger. mittel.
]
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