midwardadj.n.adv.prep.

Brit.

/ˈmɪdwəd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdwərd/

Forms: see mid adj. and -ward suffix; also early Middle English middewarðe, late Middle English myddward.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mid adj., -ward suffix.

Etymology: < mid adj. + -ward suffix. Compare Middle Dutch middewaert , middewaerde , middewaert . Compare also later amidward prep. and adv.

†A. adj.

1. With partitive sense: (the) middle of; = mid adj. 1, middle adj. 3. Obsolete.After the Old English period, preceded by in; the definite article, when used, was placed between the adjective and the noun it qualified. In midward as thus used has the appearance of being a prepositional phrase with a noun phrase as its object: cf. amidward prep. and adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle > middle of

mideOE

middleeOE

midwardeOE

half-way1694

midmost1807

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. iv. 43 Æfter þæm Eufrate þa ea, seo is mæst eallra ferscra wætera & is irnende þurh middewearde Babylonia burg.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 170 Uola uel Tenat uel ir, middeward hand.

OE Lambeth Psalter: Canticles iv. 239 Congregatae sunt abyssi in medio mari : gegaderode synt neowelnyssa on middeweardre sæ.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 1070 Þa hi comen on middewarde þe sæ, þa com an mycel storm.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 43 (MED) He him sceawede and stude inne midde-warðe helle.

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Laud) (1901) 574 (MED) Ich sal do pruesce..In mideward þe felde.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 655 Bot yhon tre cum þou nawight to Þat standes in midward paradis.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 6319 (MED) Als a litel spark of fire..In mydward þe mykel se.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7325 He merkit hym in mydward the mydell in two, Ðat he felle to þe flat erthe.

2. Occupying a middle position. Obsolete (archaic and poetic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle

mideOE

middleeOE

mean1340

midwarda1400

moyen1481

centrica1593

midway1608

centricala1631

umbilical1742

middling1747

median1771

focal1825

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9921 (MED) Þe midward heu es þat i mene.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 764 Þe midward tre ys vs outtan.

1855 E. C. Jones Battle-day & Other Poems 32 Ere the morning's midward hour Had brought the sun round the eastern hill.

1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd i. 2 The midward time and the fading and the last of the latter days.

B. n.

The middle, the middle part. Now archaic and poetic.In Middle English occasionally found in plural form with singular agreement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre

middleeOE

mideOE

midwardOE

middleheada1325

pointc1330

midsa1382

meanc1390

middleward1431

midstc1450

centrea1500

centrya1535

navel1604

umbilic1607

meditullium1611

half-way1634

umbrila1636

amidst1664

eye1671

umbil1688

omphalos1845

mid-career1911

middle-middle1926

OE Lambeth Psalter xxi. 15 In medio uentris mei : on middeweardan innoðes mines.

OE Ælfric 2nd Let. to Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 148 Mid þam haligan ele ge scylan þa hæþenan cild mearcian..betwux þæm gesculdru on middeweardan mid rode tacne.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 9062 (MED) Ac Herui..On þe scheld him hit a dint hard & cleued it to þe midward.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 9664 God ys shapper of alle þyng; he wote þe mydward, and þe endyng.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xl. 550 (MED) In the Midwardis..whanne he Cam to his Middyl Age, he wax A man bothe sad and Sage.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2759 (MED) In mydward of this gardyn stant a feire tre.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 503 Als mony syne in the mydwart put he.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 682 Ane ile..may weill in mydwart be Betwuix Kyntyr and Irland.

a1500 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Adv.) (1843) 734 (MED) Euyn in the mydward the fyre thei stond.

1505 F. Marsin et al. Rep. Queen of Naples (modernized text) in J. Gairdner Historia Regis Henrici Septimi (1858) 231 The fashion of her nose is a little rising in the midward.

c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune Bjb Yf thou were in Tems in midwarde of the sande.

c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1927) III. ii. 8044 Or it be mydwart of the day.

1855 E. C. Jones Battle-Day & Other Poems 60 The conflict to the midward bore.

1883 Littell's Living Age 10 Mar. 626/2 Her nose rose a little in the midward and bowed a little towards the end.

1904 J. Payne Hamid the Luckless 6 Nor, in the midward of the place..Fair gardens did there fail.

†C. adv.

In the middle; = midwards adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adverb] > in the middle or midst

amidOE

tomidsOE

midwardOE

amidstc1300

in midsc1400

midc1425

midsc1425

in mida1500

midmost1700

amidmost1870

midst1883

midwards1892

OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 15 Eastewerd hit [sc. Norway] mæg bion syxtig mila brad oþþe hwene brædre, & middeweard þritig oððe bradre.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 920 Off kyn he was and Wallace modyr ner; Off Craufurd syd that mydward had to ster.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. x. 57 The way that steris Mydwart betwix Charibdis and Scylla.

1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian i. 7 Th'ouer-flouds of Nile Fall int'a Dale vnmeatly midward deepe, Though nigh the banks to muddy fen it creepe.

†D. prep.

In the middle of. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

ΚΠ

c1350 ( Bounds (Sawyer 524) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 593 West on buckanmere to þan ruancroundele þaron middeward burnestowe to þan stone.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1032 (MED) Midward þat land a wel springes.

1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. Midwart, & amidwart, towards the middle: q.d. middleward.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Midwart, Amidwart, towards the centre.

1817 W. Scott Harold v. ii. 139 Midward their path, a rock of granite grey From the adjoining cliff had made descent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	midward
释义	midwardadj.n.adv.prep. Brit. /ˈmɪdwəd/, U.S. /ˈmɪdwərd/ Forms: see mid adj. and -ward suffix; also early Middle English middewarðe, late Middle English myddward. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mid adj., -ward suffix. Etymology: < mid adj. + -ward suffix. Compare Middle Dutch middewaert , middewaerde , middewaert . Compare also later amidward prep. and adv. †A. adj. 1. With partitive sense: (the) middle of; = mid adj. 1, middle adj. 3. Obsolete.After the Old English period, preceded by in; the definite article, when used, was placed between the adjective and the noun it qualified. In midward as thus used has the appearance of being a prepositional phrase with a noun phrase as its object: cf. amidward prep. and adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle > middle of mideOE middleeOE midwardeOE half-way1694 midmost1807 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. iv. 43 Æfter þæm Eufrate þa ea, seo is mæst eallra ferscra wætera & is irnende þurh middewearde Babylonia burg. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 170 Uola uel Tenat uel ir, middeward hand. OE Lambeth Psalter: Canticles iv. 239 Congregatae sunt abyssi in medio mari : gegaderode synt neowelnyssa on middeweardre sæ. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 1070 Þa hi comen on middewarde þe sæ, þa com an mycel storm. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 43 (MED) He him sceawede and stude inne midde-warðe helle. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Laud) (1901) 574 (MED) Ich sal do pruesce..In mideward þe felde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 655 Bot yhon tre cum þou nawight to Þat standes in midward paradis. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 6319 (MED) Als a litel spark of fire..In mydward þe mykel se. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7325 He merkit hym in mydward the mydell in two, Ðat he felle to þe flat erthe. 2. Occupying a middle position. Obsolete (archaic and poetic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle mideOE middleeOE mean1340 midwarda1400 moyen1481 centrica1593 midway1608 centricala1631 umbilical1742 middling1747 median1771 focal1825 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9921 (MED) Þe midward heu es þat i mene. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 764 Þe midward tre ys vs outtan. 1855 E. C. Jones Battle-day & Other Poems 32 Ere the morning's midward hour Had brought the sun round the eastern hill. 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd i. 2 The midward time and the fading and the last of the latter days. B. n. The middle, the middle part. Now archaic and poetic.In Middle English occasionally found in plural form with singular agreement. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre middleeOE mideOE midwardOE middleheada1325 pointc1330 midsa1382 meanc1390 middleward1431 midstc1450 centrea1500 centrya1535 navel1604 umbilic1607 meditullium1611 half-way1634 umbrila1636 amidst1664 eye1671 umbil1688 omphalos1845 mid-career1911 middle-middle1926 OE Lambeth Psalter xxi. 15 In medio uentris mei : on middeweardan innoðes mines. OE Ælfric 2nd Let. to Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 148 Mid þam haligan ele ge scylan þa hæþenan cild mearcian..betwux þæm gesculdru on middeweardan mid rode tacne. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 9062 (MED) Ac Herui..On þe scheld him hit a dint hard & cleued it to þe midward. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 9664 God ys shapper of alle þyng; he wote þe mydward, and þe endyng. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xl. 550 (MED) In the Midwardis..whanne he Cam to his Middyl Age, he wax A man bothe sad and Sage. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2759 (MED) In mydward of this gardyn stant a feire tre. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 503 Als mony syne in the mydwart put he. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 682 Ane ile..may weill in mydwart be Betwuix Kyntyr and Irland. a1500 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Adv.) (1843) 734 (MED) Euyn in the mydward the fyre thei stond. 1505 F. Marsin et al. Rep. Queen of Naples (modernized text) in J. Gairdner Historia Regis Henrici Septimi (1858) 231 The fashion of her nose is a little rising in the midward. c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune Bjb Yf thou were in Tems in midwarde of the sande. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1927) III. ii. 8044 Or it be mydwart of the day. 1855 E. C. Jones Battle-Day & Other Poems 60 The conflict to the midward bore. 1883 Littell's Living Age 10 Mar. 626/2 Her nose rose a little in the midward and bowed a little towards the end. 1904 J. Payne Hamid the Luckless 6 Nor, in the midward of the place..Fair gardens did there fail. †C. adv. In the middle; = midwards adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adverb] > in the middle or midst amidOE tomidsOE midwardOE amidstc1300 in midsc1400 midc1425 midsc1425 in mida1500 midmost1700 amidmost1870 midst1883 midwards1892 OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 15 Eastewerd hit [sc. Norway] mæg bion syxtig mila brad oþþe hwene brædre, & middeweard þritig oððe bradre. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 920 Off kyn he was and Wallace modyr ner; Off Craufurd syd that mydward had to ster. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. x. 57 The way that steris Mydwart betwix Charibdis and Scylla. 1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian i. 7 Th'ouer-flouds of Nile Fall int'a Dale vnmeatly midward deepe, Though nigh the banks to muddy fen it creepe. †D. prep. In the middle of. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΚΠ c1350 ( Bounds (Sawyer 524) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 593 West on buckanmere to þan ruancroundele þaron middeward burnestowe to þan stone. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1032 (MED) Midward þat land a wel springes. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. Midwart, & amidwart, towards the middle: q.d. middleward. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Midwart, Amidwart, towards the centre. 1817 W. Scott Harold v. ii. 139 Midward their path, a rock of granite grey From the adjoining cliff had made descent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.prep.eOE
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