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† beˈtwixen, -twixe, prep. Obs.
Forms: 1 betweoxn, 2 bitwuxan, -twixan, -tweoxe, -twuxe, 2–4 bitwixen, 3 bituxe(n, 3–5 bitwixe, 4 betwixen, -twyxen, -twexen, 4–5 by-, betwixe, (9 betwixen).
[ME. bi-, betwixe(n, 12th c. bitwixan, -twuxan, -tweoxe, pointing to an OE. *betweoxan (for which the Pastoral Care has betweoxn), app. for earlier *be-tweoxum, -tweohsum, orig. OE. *bi-twihsum:—*-twicsum, *-twiscum; f. bi-, be- prep. + *twiscum, dat. pl. of *twisc adj., in OS. twisc, OHG. zuiski, MHG. zwisc, zwisch:—OTeut. twiskjo- ‘two-fold,’ f. twa, two n. + -ish (i)sc. The same idea (inter duos, entre deux) was expressed in OHG. by the dat. pl. zuiskên, MHG. zwischen, with a preceding prep., untar, undar, in, en (cf. mod.G. zwischen from 'nzwischen, Du. tusschen). The ordinary form in OE. was betweox (see next); but bitweoxan, bitwixan, became frequent a1200, prob. because of its analogy to the numerous other prepositions in -an, ME. -en. For the subsequent history see betwixt.]
Betwixt, between.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. 121 Ne sie hit ðonne na sua betweoxn eow. c1160Hatton Gosp. Matt. xxi. 25 Beotweoxe heom. c1175Lamb. Hom. 91 Ne þer nas nan wone bi-twuxan heo. Ibid. 115 Bitwixen godes wrecchan. c1205Lay. 5012 Bi-twixen hire ærmes. Ibid. 30618 Bitwixe Dinan and þære sæ. a1250Owl & Night. 1747 That maister Nichole..Bi-tuxen us deme schulde. a1300Cursor M. 21840 (Edinb.) Bituixin us and helles here. c1325Metr. Hom. 166 A derne priuite..bytwixe me and the. c1384Chaucer H. Fame (Fairf. MS.) 715 Betwexen heuene and erthe and see. c1386― Prol. 277 Bitwixe Middleburgh and Orewelle. c1449Pecock Repr. i. xiii. 69 Bitwixe me and ȝou..Bitwixe Poul and the Cristen. [1865Swinburne Christm. Carol 52 The manger shall be straw two spans Betwixen kine and kine.] |