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míðan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
míðan, p. máð, pl. miðon; pp. miðen.
Wright's OE grammar
§239; §491;
to conceal, dissemble
Grammar
míðan, with gen.
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  • Ðú mé tǽldesð forðon ic mín máð and wolde fleón ða byrðenne ðære hirdelecan giémenne

    pastoralis curae me pondera fugere delitescendo voluisse reprehendis,

    • Past. proem.
      • ;
    • Swt. 23, 11.

  • Mé nǽfre næs ealles swá ic wolde ðeáh ic his miðe

    it was never with me just as I would, though I dissembled the fact,

    • Bt. 26, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 90, 28.
Grammar
míðan, with acc.
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  • Ic on móde máð, monna gehwylcne, þeódnes þrymcyme,

    • Exon. 51 a
      • ;
    • Th. 177, 18
      • ;
    • Gú. 1229.

  • Hé ða wyrd ne máð, fǽges ( Guthlac ) forðsíð,

    • 52 b
      • ;
    • Th. 182, 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 1319.

  • Ðá hié ús gesáwon hié selfe sóna in heora húsum deágollíce hié miðan

    visis nobis continuo inter tectorum suorum culmina delituerunt,

    • Nar. 10, 18.

  • Ne sceal ic míne onsýn for eówere mengu míðan,

    • Exon. 43 a
      • ;
    • Th. 144, 18
      • ;
    • Gú. 680.

  • Ic míðan sceal monna gehwylcum síðfæt mínne,

    • 127 b
      • ;
    • Th. 491, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 80, 13.

  • Ic monnan funde heardsǽligne mód míðendne

    I found a man of hard fortunes, his thoughts concealing,

    • 115 a
      • ;
    • Th. 442, 29
      • ;
    • Kl. 20.
Grammar
míðan, case undetermined
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  • Míðiþ

    dissimulat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 42.

  • Míðeþ,

    • 25, 51.

  • Fela gé fore monnum míðaþ, ðæs ðe gé in móde gehycgaþ,

    • Exon. 39 a
      • ;
    • Th. 130, 10
      • ;
    • Gú. 436.

  • Cyriacus hygerúne nemáð tó Gode cleopode

    Cyriacus concealed not the secret of his mind, but cried to God,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2196
      • ;
    • El. 1099.

  • Hwílum biþ gód tó míðanne his hiéremonna scylda

    aliquando subjectorum vitia prudenter dissimulanda sunt,

    • Past. 21, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 151, 8.

  • Miðene

    concealed,

    • Bd. 4, 27
      • ;
    • S. 604, 24.
intrans.
To be concealed, lie hid
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  • Ðonne biþ sóna sweotol æteówod on him ðæt ǽr deágol máð

    then at once will be made manifest in him what before lay hid,

    • L. M. 2, 66
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 298, 8.

  • Monig þing ge egeslíce ge willsumlíce ðe óðre men miðon

    multa, quae alios laterent, vel horrenda, vel desideranda,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 627, 30.

  • Míðende

    dilitiscendo,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 39.
to avoid, refrain from, forbear (with inst.(?) dat.(?) or intrans. )
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  • Ic þurh múþ sprece, hleoðre ne míðe

    I speak with my mouth ... refrain not from sound,

    • Exon. 103 a
      • ;
    • Th. 390, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 9, 4.

  • Wulf on walde wǽlrúne ne máð,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 56
      • ;
    • El. 28.

  • Ne míð ðú for menigo

    forbear not on account of the multitude,

    • Andr. Krpbl. 2419
      • ;
    • An. 1211.

  • Ne mæg ic ðý míðan,

    • Exon. 125 a
      • ;
    • Th. 481, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 64, 10.
Etymology
[
Havel. his sorwe he couþe ful wel miþe (conceal), 948
:
Gen. and Ex. ðog ðis folc miðe (forbore) a stund, 3807
:
O. Sax. míðan (with gen. acc. and intrans.) to avoid, forbear
:
O. H. Ger. mídan vitare, cavere, latere, latitare, occultare, erubescere
:
Ger. meiden
:
O. Frs. for-mítha.
]
Similar entries
v. be-míðan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “míðan.” 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/23018.

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