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单词 among
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amongprep.adv.

Brit. /əˈmʌŋ/, U.S. /əˈməŋ/
Forms:

α. Old English ongemæng (rare), Old English ongemang, Old English on gemange (rare), Old English on gemong, Old English ongemong, Old English on gemonge, Old English (early Middle English in a copy of an Old English charter) on gemang.

β. Old English on mang, Old English onmang, early Middle English enmang.

γ. Old English amanc (rare), Old English amancg (rare), Old English–1500s amang, Middle English amange, Middle English amonc, Middle English amonke, Middle English–1600s amonge, Middle English– among, 1500s–1700s amounge; also Irish English 1800s– amang; English regional 1800s– amang (northern and south-western), 1800s– ameng (Yorkshire); Scottish pre-1700 amange, pre-1700 amaunge, pre-1700 1700s– amang, 1700s 1900s– amo, 1700s–1800s amon', 1700s– among, 1800s– amae, 1800s– amo', 1900s– amu'.

δ. Middle English omang.

Etymology: < on prep. + ymong n. Compare Old Saxon an gimang (adverb) in the midst, in between, along with this, together. Compare ymong prep.Development of the preposition in Old English The preposition reflects grammaticalization of a prepositional phrase. For use of the latter compare e.g.:OE Cynewulf Elene 108 Heht þa on uhtan..þæt halige treo him beforan ferian on feonda gemang [i.e. ‘into a crowd of enemies’]. In Old English verse on gemange (with dative singular of ymong n.) is attested in use as a preposition in postmodifying position with the dative (perhaps an archaism reflecting a transitional stage); compare:OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxxxi. 1 God mihtig stod godum on gemange, and he hi on midle mægene tosceadeð. In use as adverb occasionally difficult to distinguish from phrasal use in Old English. Form history. The β. forms show loss of the prefix of the second element (compare y- prefix and see discussion at that entry). Middle English enmang could alternatively show a form of in-mong prep. The γ. forms probably arise from reduction of the first element of the β. forms (compare on- prefix, a- prefix3), although some forms may rather be < ymong prep., with reduction of the first element (compare y- prefix, a- prefix2; compare also emong prep.). Compare also (with complete loss of the first element) 'mong prep. The δ. forms probably reflect variation in the initial element of the β. forms (compare o- at on- prefix Forms). Compare (with different prefixes) bimong prep., in-mong prep. Compare also amongst prep. and see discussion at that entry.
A. prep.
I. Expressing the relation between one object and other objects.
1.
a. Expressing the location of one or more things or people relative to several others: in the assemblage of; surrounded by and grouped with. Followed by a plural noun.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition]
amongeOE
amidOE
amongst1258
in (the) mids (of)a1382
in the middle ofc1384
amella1400
amidmonga1500
in the midst of1535
in midst (of)a1556
eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xv. 95 On ðæs sacerdes hrægle scoldon hangigan bellan & ongemang ðæm bellum reade apla.
c1200 ( West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Hatton) x. 16 Nu ich eow sænde swa scep onmang [OE Corpus Cambr. gemang, OE Lindisf. Gospels inmong] wulfen.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) 8854 Com vt forþrihtes among [c1275 Calig. imong] alle his cnihtes.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xiii. 7 Other seedis felden amonge thornis.
a1475 tr. Gilbertus Anglicus Pharmaceutical Writings (Wellcome) (1991) 62 In a mannes yȝeliddis and his bries, þer ben meny greuancis, as..luys among þe heris.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. iii. B Amonge the trees of the garden.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xxv. 401 As for the former [seaweed] called Zoster, it is found among the shelves and shallow waters not farre from the shore.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 6. ⁋6 The Lacedemonians rose up..and..received him among them.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. viii. 216 She..was there seated among the novices.
1845 H. W. Longfellow Poems 360 Like those waters rushing Among the wooden piers.
1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 376/1 Little houses among trees and fish-weirs along the rocks.
1959 E. M. Thomas Harmless People v. 94 The grubs..live among the roots of a tree.
2004 D. Gilbert Normals xviii. 157 An angry pimple sprouts among old acne scars on his neck.
b. Expressing the location of one or more things or people relative to a whole group or composite substance: surrounded by the separate members or components, or the collective whole, of. Followed by a singular or collective noun.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition] > among the separate components of
amongOE
amongsta1393
OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 104 Me ys neod þæt ic menge þæt Lyden amang þissum Englisce.
OE tr. Gospel of Nicodemus (Cambr.) xv. §1. 183 Þa cwædon sume þe ðar amang þam folce stodon [etc.].
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15367 Siþþenn don þeȝȝ falls & flærd Amang þe gode lare.
a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 43 (MED) Heore eȝen weren al swilc swa fur, and heore eþem scean swa deð þe leit a-monge þunre.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxv. 957 Þere, among þe beste whete somtyme growiþ yuele weedis.
c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1687 A potful of bawme..Amonge a basket ful of roses.
1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1883) 437 This multitude, amonge whiche our sauiour Christe was.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 235 Vinello's..are much used among Chocolate to perfume it.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 431. ⁋3 A..Stone, which I found among the gravel.
1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend v. 244 We were among the crowd that gathered there.
1921 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Psychical Res. 15 264 Dr. J. got out and hunted around in the dark among the broken glass for a strap and hanger.
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xix. 462 Such features would not be favoured if primates fossicked among the leaf-litter, like hedgehogs.
2. Expressing the position of a thing or person in a group relative to the other members of the group, esp. of an individual relative to other members of the same community: in company, association, communion, or residence with or beside; in the house, city, country, etc., of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > relation [preposition] > among
amongOE
amongstc1330
OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Lev. (Claud.) xxiv. 10 Sum Egyptisc man gestrynde sunu be Israheliscon wife onmang Israhela folce.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 299 Hæfedd preost Amang iudissken þeode.
a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 19 He us astalde his mildheortnesse laȝe seodðan he com a-mong us.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 700 Cristes helpe be us a-monge!
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 45 Otho..regnede among Duchesmen [L. apud Teutonicos].
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges i The Cananites dwelt among them at Gaser.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 475 Horsses and Dogges which liue among men..do discerne also their termes of threatning; chiding, & rating.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋3 We have several of these irresistible Gentlemen among us when the Company is in Town.
1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 35 The Whim and Caprice of one ruling Man among them.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 51 Susan..had some pride, Among our topmost people to preside.
1839 H. Martineau Deerbrook I. viii. 147 I rather suspect that we have some wag among us who fabricates news, to see how much will be received and retailed.
1966 S. Hess America's Polit. Dynasties 210 Neither of the two preceding representatives had resided among their constituents.
2014 C. Seife Virtual Unreality iv. 70 There are groups devoted to exposing shape-shifting reptilian humanoids living among us.
3. Expressing the relation of a thing or person to others in the same nominal or logical group.
a. In the number or class of; included in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > in the number or class of [preposition]
amongOE
amongstc1391
OE tr. Theodulf of Orleans Capitula (Bodl.) xxxiv. 371 Hi beoð gode and ongemang mægenu to tellanne [L. inter virtutes computanda].
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5863 Kallf wass..An lac amang þa lakess. Þatt wærenn offredd drihhtin godd Biforenn cristess come.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8081 Roberd Courtehese..among oþere gode kniȝtes ne þoȝte noȝt be þe laste.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. i. 646 Amonge alle elementes watir is moste profitable.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 6551 Omang alle þat þar [sc. in Hell] has bene sene, I fynde wryten paynes fourtene.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Love in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 53 He that norissheth his corage with vyces and unresonable lustes..trewly he is ungentil and among cherles may ben nempned.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 297 Many were wounded, among whom was Count William.
1792 G. Wakefield Mem. I. 529 My poetical taste is among the most fastidious.
1880 Pop. Sci. Jan. 377 Among the important results in vertebrate paleontology, are the genealogies.
1924 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 6 266 The basking-shark..is among the largest of living fishes.
1981 C. Household Summon Bright Water ii. 136 Among objects stolen from Broom Lodge was a gold bowl.
2010 New Yorker 20 Dec. 98/2 Donkey Kong was among the first games to have a pre-game sequence.
b. Of a thing distinguished in kind or type from the rest of the group: pre-eminent among, as distinguished from, in comparison with, above.
ΚΠ
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 1 Moni cunne riwle beoð. auh two beoð among alle. þet ich chulle speken of.
c1300 St. Francis (Laud) 355 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 64 (MED) Honouriethþ ore creatur, For a-mong alle liues, ȝe auȝten him don honour.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke i. 28 Blessid be thou among wymmen [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. on wifum].
a1400 Bk. to Mother (Egerton) in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 40 As the male..among trees of wodes, so is my derlyng among sones.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccli. 564 Your folkes haue brent my house, the whiche I loued among all other.
a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) i. x. 254 Their mortal state Neptunian pity to immortal chang'd; From Ino she became Leucothea, chief Among the nymphs of Tethys.
1840 Farmer's Monthly Visitor Apr. 60/1 Among the different ploughs now made of cast iron, Howard's stand unrivalled.
1944 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 28 July (1995) 88 To bring out the comicness, peasantry, and if you will the Englishry of this jewel among the hobbits.
2013 L. Campbell There is Season x. 276 A fortifying tea! Just what I needed. You are a paragon among men, Herr von Goff.
II. Expressing the relation of an attribute, action, event, etc., to things or circumstances.
4. Expressing the relation of a fact or event to the circumstances in which it occurs: (in early use) during, in the course of; (later also and now chiefly) in the context of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [preposition] > during
throughOE
amongOE
thoroughOE
among thatlOE
amidwarda1225
ofc1275
lengingc1400
hanginga1420
amongsta1450
depending1503
pendant1642
pending1642
OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1002 Þa ongemang þissum ofsloh Leofsige ealdorman Æfic þæs cynges heahgerefan.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1127 Ðes ilces gæres..wæs se eorl Karle of Flandres ofslagen on ane circe þær he læi & bæd hine to Gode..amang þane messe.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) 9069 Amang þis motinge Merlyn at-wende.
c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 167 Kyng Edward..lough among þe solempnetes of þe masses.
1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. lii. 137 Among all which requests nothing certain is proponed.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 544 More..that among all these turnings, would yet remain faithful to their Parties.
a1691 R. Baxter in J. Tulloch Eng. Puritanism (1861) iii. 306 I never went to any place among all my life..which I had before..thought of.
1788 J. Wesley Let. 20 May (1931) VIII. 60 And are you able still, among all these cares, to attend upon the Lord without distraction?
1871 P. M. Taylor Student's Man. Hist. India vii. v. 600 Among all this glorious success, however, there arose a cloud which overshadowed the last days of Lord Hastings's administration.
1976 Texas Monthly Oct. 153/1 The caterer has to keep order among the chaos of preparing thousands of meals on a hectic timetable.
2004 V. Invernizzi tr. I. Carrión in Conversat. with Isabel Allende (rev. ed.) vii. 132 Among all this success, an unexpected tragedy shattered the bliss where Allende had found herself in the last few years.
5.
a. Expressing the relation of an action or attribute within a group to the members of the group: in the general practice or view of, with or by generally.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > with or by the members of a group generally [preposition]
amongOE
amongstc1330
OE Homily: Sermo ad Populum Dominicis Diebus (Lamb. 489) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 294 On þam dæge..riht geleafa asprang onmang godes gelaðunge.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2350 Nass þatt næfre fundenn ær. Amang wimmenn onn erþe.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 130 Ȝe beoð þe ancren of englond..þet meast grið is among.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1157 Þer was among hom deol inou.
1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §20. m. 16 Grevous vexacions dailly growen among the kinges subgiettis.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Cor. v. A There goeth a commen reporte, that there is whordome amonge you.
1630 J. Winthrop Jrnl. 17 Apr. (1996) 13 There appeared no feare or dismayednesse amonge them.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 131. ¶7 I pass among some for a disaffected Person.
1765 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. (ed. 3) II. xxv. 484 A remarkable uniformity among creatures of the same kind.
1807 ‘P. Plymley’ Two Lett. on Catholics i. 8 To render the military service popular among the Irish.
1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans vi. 181 These characters are seen among Finns, White Russians and..the Tavastians of Finland.
2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Dec. 58/2 Among the blind, there is disagreement about the satisfaction a Braille tattoo might provide.
b. Expressing the relation of reciprocal or mutual action in a group to the individuals performing it: shared between or within. Cf. between prep. 9.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [preposition] > between, at, or among
amongOE
atc1305
amongsta1350
atween1579
OE Dialogue between Jerome & Damasus (Calig.) in Anglia (1889) 11 8 Hu hit amang þreo hund & eahtatyne bisceopes geræd wæs [sc. at the Council of Nicaea] þæt nan sacerd ofer sunnandæges undern ne gedyrstlæce mæssan singan.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 65 Huanne þe dyeuel yziȝþ loue and onynge amang uolke.
c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) 474 Þat ilke stryf Þat among my sustren is awake Þorw sauhtnesse mowe sum ende take.
a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. i. 11 Contencyouns ben among [L. inter] ȝow.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) John x. 19 Then was there discension amonge the Iewes for these sayenges.
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone Complex. (1633) 50 Crasis or Temperament..is an agreement, and conveniency of the first qualities and Elements among themselves.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. i. 14 That such..bloody strife Should reigne among Professors of one Faith. View more context for this quotation
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 34 Hence come wars among Relations, treacheries among Friends.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 70. ¶4 Whether they quarrelled among themselves, or with their Neighbours.
1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ II. 303 The uncertainty as to what He meant carried the disciples once more to questions among themselves.
1920 Stone & Webster Jrnl. 26 335 The merchants of Boston..entered into an agreement among themselves.
2005 Fortune Apr. 38/3 When fights broke out among his men..Knight would rarely interrupt.
6.
a. Expressing the relation of the distribution or division of anything to the various partakers or recipients: in portions to each of, to be shared by, divided between. Cf. between prep. 13.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribution or dealing out [preposition]
amongc1300
amongstc1425
c1300 St. Lucy (Laud) l. 59 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 102 Þat guod to hire heo nam; heo hit delte a-mong pouere Men.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 542 (MED) Þis lond was þo ideled a þre amang þre sones.
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 4669 He name Darries riche tresoure, And parted it among his ken.
1450 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 44 All my Syluer wessell & xxxij sawcers..I wol that it be smytten in koyne and to be departed amonge poere housbondes.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Apr. 153 I will part them all you among.
1611 Bible (King James) John vi. 9 What are they among so many? View more context for this quotation
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 507. ¶5 The Scandal of a Lie..when diffused among several Thousands.
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. 176 So touch the gold drops..divide them among you.
1831 S. Lewis Topographical Dict. Eng. II. 483/2 The personal property of persons dying intestate is divided equally among all the children.
1885 Cent. Mag. May 143/1 The region from the Alleghanies to the sea was parceled out among four independent commanders.
1970 E. Gray Compl. Guide to Tarot i. 9 There are 78 cards in the Tarot, of which 56..are equally divided among four suits.
2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Oct. 22/1 Oil revenues from current production will be distributed equitably among Iraq's regions.
b. Of the relation of shared action to the individuals performing it: by the shared effort of, jointly between. Cf. between prep. 12.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > of action or operation [preposition] > of collective action
among1529
1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. xxvii. f. xlv Bothe the partys be of the chyrch and make ye chyrch among them.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 187 You haue among you, kild a sweet and innocent lady. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) v. iv. 17 The man is dead, that you and Pistoll beate among [1600 amonst] you.
a1694 J. Tillotson Several Disc. Repentance (1700) 377 Every one is not bound to satisfie for the whole..provided they do among them make full Satisfaction.
1833 H. Martineau Parish xi. 233 Among them, they will drive independent labourers out of the place to seek work.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 100 His first sojourn at Fécamp, his hermit life, his abbacy at Florence..might well take up 24 years among them.
1964 A. H. Bill New Jersey & Revolutionary War i. 9 Among them they managed to raise six battalions.
2001 S. Wexler Daughters Victorious xvi. 387 Among them they had already produced sixteen grandchildren.
†B. adv.
1. During this period, meanwhile, all the while, at the same time; (also) in addition, besides. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile
all the whilec888
to whilec950
the whilec960
amongOE
emethena1300
to whilesa1300
therewhilesc1320
that whilesc1330
i-whilesa1340
in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340
in the meanwhilea1375
(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382
in the mean season (also space)a1382
the mean seasona1382
the meanwhilea1382
in the meantimec1384
for the meanwhilec1390
in the mean(s) whilesc1390
the whilesa1400
the whilsta1400
whilsta1400
(in) the meanwhile that?1418
therewhilec1430
mesne1439
meanwhile1440
for the meantime1480
while1508
in the while1542
in the mean1565
in the mean way1569
interim1580
in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593
meantimea1593
this while1594
mean space1600
among-hands?1609
between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647
ad interim1701
per interim1724
interimistically1890
OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) (1993) xlii. 86 Interim abbas propinnando circumeat fratres : ongemang se abbud scencende embutonga gebroþru.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) 2548 Þar was gleomenne songe, þar was piping among [c1275 Calig. i-magge].
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 3370 Thefte..and ravyn, Ilkan of þir es a dedly syn. And wreth es dedly syn omang, If it be halden in hert lang.
a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) i. 277 I am his gostly father and techear amonge.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. xi. 20 Fortune ruled the rest, and some honest men were slaine among.
2. Together, along with something else. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > [adverb]
amongeOE
imid1340
in (the) mids (of)a1382
midmost1700
the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [adverb] > together
withc888
to-samec893
amongeOE
togethersc1175
yferea1200
i-menec1200
togetherc1220
ymonec1300
i-samec1320
insamea1400
alongst with1582
jointly1656
concomitantly1696
collaterally1800
associatively1880
in tandem1930
in harness1967
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adverb] > specific together
amongeOE
over-anea1522
eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. xxviii. 96 Medowyrt.., eoforfearn, wyl on hunige, do þicce maxwyrt on gemang.
OE Laws: Episcopus (Junius) vii. 477 Þæt deofol to swyðe þæron na sceaþige, ne his falses to fela ongemang ne gesawe.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 37 (MED) Þe lylie lossum is ant long, wiþ riche rose ant rode among, a fyldor fax to folde.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. xxvii. 926 Whan it [sc. cassia] is broke somdel w[h]ite colours distingued wiþinne, wiþ reed ymedlid among.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 48 Whos Ioye ys euere meynt A-mong with wo.
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxiii. 273 Yeat interlace we shall, among, the Loue of her and him.
1631 B. Jonson Chloridia sig. B2v Their head-'tires of flowers, mix'd with siluer, and gold, with some sprigs of Aegrets among.
3. At intervals, from time to time, now and then; (also) here and there. Usually with a contrasting pair of adjectives, adverbs, etc., as in now soft, now loud among. See also ever among at ever adv. and adj. Phrases 2a(a). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [adverb] > in the interval or at intervals
betweena1240
amongc1275
betwixta1400
amella1425
betwixt-handsc1568
atween1595
by interims1598
betwixt-times1607
between-whiles1677
between handsc1817
between-times1907
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 6 (MED) Þat plait was stif & starc & strong, Sum wile softe & lud among.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 1209 And as I mai, I speke among, And otherwhile I singe a song.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8567 Bretayn is large & long, in many stedes waste among.
c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) xxxiii. The lytill suete nyghtingale..song..now soft, now lowd among.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. vi. ii. 450 Your best way is, to direct your course East North-east, and North-east by East, among.

Phrases

†P1. among that: during the time that, whilst. Obsolete.
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the world > time > [preposition] > during
throughOE
amongOE
thoroughOE
among thatlOE
amidwarda1225
ofc1275
lengingc1400
hanginga1420
amongsta1450
depending1503
pendant1642
pending1642
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 1048 Ða amang þæt [lOE Laud amang þam þe] hi ridan bæd Swegen hine þæt he scolde faran mid him to his scipon.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 183 (MED) Among þat þe sowle witeð, þe licame worpeð hewe.
P2. among others: = inter alia at inter prep. Phrases a.among other things: see thing n.1 Phrases 1.
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1521 tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Cyte of Ladyes iii. vii. sig. T.ii.v The Emperoure..made her to be tourmented with dyuers tourmentes and amonge others he made to nayle her heed with a thousande nayles lyke to the helme of a knyght.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 153v The olde husbandes in hyring of a shepheard, did alwayes couenant among others, that he should be sound of body and limme.
1677 J. Armstrong Souls Worth & Danger 71 Such an earnest care of thy Souls welfare let it be thy principal care, because, among others, it may have these deserved commendations, to be holy and easy, safe and successeful, prudent and profitable.
1784 W. Gilpin Life T. Cranmer xxviii. 227 He was averse to the sounding titles of the clergy; and when these things, among others, were settled, he would often say, ‘We might well do without them.’
1876 J. Durand tr. H. Taine Origins Contemp. France ii. i. 100 If..I count the titular nobles I find, among others, 68 almoners or chaplains, 170 gentlemen of the bedchamber or in waiting, [etc.].
1993 Wire Feb. 8/1 Lillian has been..recording with—among others—the cream of the modern-day New Orleans gumbo-aristocracy: Allen Toussaint, Dr John, Lee Dorsey.
2019 E. Snowden Permanent Rec. xv. 154 Because of these headers, your Internet browsing can easily be identified as yours by, among others, webmasters, network administrators, and foreign intelligence services.
P3. among a person's hands: under or in a person's charge, while being treated or dealt with by a person. Similarly among the hands of: under or in the charge of, while being treated or attended to by. Now rare. [Compare Middle French entre les mains de (1306 in Old French).]
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > having care or custody (of) [phrase] > in the care or custody of
under a person's hand (also hands)OE
under the wing ofc1230
in fang witha1400
in yemea1400
among the hands ofa1533
in charge (of)1548
under the umbrage of1677
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.vjv They that haue the charge of a prince..haue amonge theyr handes, hym that afterwarde oughte to gouerne.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xviii. 4 The vessel that the Potter made off claye brake amonge his hondes.
1689 W. Jameson Verus Patroclus i. 64 By the Primary Rule, is understood that which is now among the hands of Christians.
1798 Christian Repository 4 June 262 Combine matter in your most ingenious manner, ye artificers..; has it ever sprung up to life among your hands?
1869 Orig. Secession Mag. Aug. 206 However despised the cause among our hands..let us neither be ashamed to own it, nor despair of its success.
1906 Trans. Royal Medico-chirurg. Soc. Glasgow 5 77 There is little doubt that these infants should be taken from among the hands of those who care so little.
2008 M. López Corredoira in M. López Corredoira & C. Castro Perelman Against Tide 154 The behaviour of human groups that claim to have the truth among their hands is very similar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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