mid-earthn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdˈəːθ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˈərθ/

Forms: see mid adj. and earth n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., earth n.¹

Etymology: < mid adj. + earth n.¹ Compare earlier middle earth n.In mid-earth sea after post-classical Latin mare Mediterraneum (see Mediterranean adj. and n.).

†1.

a. The middle of the earth's surface; = middle earth n. 2. Obsolete. mid-earth sea n. Obsolete the Mediterranean; = sea of middle earth n. at middle earth n. 2; cf. Midland Sea n. at Midland adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Mediterranean Sea

the great sea1382

sea of middle eartha1387

South Seaa1398

Mediterrany?a1475

Mediterranean Sea?1556

mid-earth sea1559

Midland Sea1579

Mediterrane1582

Mediterranean1621

middle-land sea1650

Great Lake1857

Mare Nostrum1921

Med?1942

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 143 Not farre distante from the midde Earthe Seas.

1624 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne (new ed.) i. lxxix. 17 In all the mid-earth seas was left no road Wherein the Pagan his bold sailes vntwines.

b. poetic. The central regions of the earth; = middle earth n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [noun] > geosphere > centrosphere or core

centre1483

middle eartha1592

mid-earth1849

core1882

centrosphere1898

Nife1909

1849 F. H. Doyle tr. Sophocles Œdipus King of Thebes 23 From the oracles that soar Out of mid earth's prophetic core, To flee away He strives.

1866 F. A. Kemble Poems (rev. ed.) 234 Down, down into the womb Of earth... My waves are wound Into the gaping rifts of the mid earth.

1876 W. Morris Sigurd ii, in Coll. Wks. (1910–11) XII. 118 Huge blocks from mid-earth quarried, where none but the Dwarfs have mined.

1892 W. Larminie Fand & Other Poems 111 Some in terror found, Like burrowing creatures, way to the mid earth, Through sudden openings.

2. poetic. = middle earth n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > earth > [noun] > as centre of universe

middenerdeOE

middle-erdc1175

middle worldc1175

middle earthc1300

mids-worlda1325

mid-world?1536

centre1579

mid-earth1810

1810 R. Southey Poet. Wks. (1838) vi. iii. 39 Bears the Maiden there, Where Himakoot, the holy Mount, on high From mid-earth rising in mid-Heaven, Shines in its glory.

1850 M. F. Tupper tr. King Alfred's Poems xxviii. 108 The swiftly rolling heavens and the racing of the stars,..day by day they run around this mid earth.

1895 J. Menzies Cynewulf's Elene 15 Since heaven's Lord in low degree In this mid-earth a man was born.

1916 C. M. Doughty Titans ii. 28 What day Mid-Earth was founded, and laid floor, Neath stars; this mould, whereon we mortals tread.

1968 R. E. Duncan Bending Bow 9 The poet's voice speaks from no crevice in the ground between mid-earth and underworld.

1992 J. Dickey Whole Motion 474 Along the hairline stem Of the continuum, you progress, trembling With the plumb bob quiver of mid-earth.

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

单词	mid-earth
释义	mid-earthn. Brit. /ˌmɪdˈəːθ/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˈərθ/ Forms: see mid adj. and earth n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., earth n.¹ Etymology: < mid adj. + earth n.¹ Compare earlier middle earth n.In mid-earth sea after post-classical Latin mare Mediterraneum (see Mediterranean adj. and n.). †1. a. The middle of the earth's surface; = middle earth n. 2. Obsolete. mid-earth sea n. Obsolete the Mediterranean; = sea of middle earth n. at middle earth n. 2; cf. Midland Sea n. at Midland adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Mediterranean Sea the great sea1382 sea of middle eartha1387 South Seaa1398 Mediterrany?a1475 Mediterranean Sea?1556 mid-earth sea1559 Midland Sea1579 Mediterrane1582 Mediterranean1621 middle-land sea1650 Great Lake1857 Mare Nostrum1921 Med?1942 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 143 Not farre distante from the midde Earthe Seas. 1624 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne (new ed.) i. lxxix. 17 In all the mid-earth seas was left no road Wherein the Pagan his bold sailes vntwines. b. poetic. The central regions of the earth; = middle earth n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [noun] > geosphere > centrosphere or core centre1483 middle eartha1592 mid-earth1849 core1882 centrosphere1898 Nife1909 1849 F. H. Doyle tr. Sophocles Œdipus King of Thebes 23 From the oracles that soar Out of mid earth's prophetic core, To flee away He strives. 1866 F. A. Kemble Poems (rev. ed.) 234 Down, down into the womb Of earth... My waves are wound Into the gaping rifts of the mid earth. 1876 W. Morris Sigurd ii, in Coll. Wks. (1910–11) XII. 118 Huge blocks from mid-earth quarried, where none but the Dwarfs have mined. 1892 W. Larminie Fand & Other Poems 111 Some in terror found, Like burrowing creatures, way to the mid earth, Through sudden openings. 2. poetic. = middle earth n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > earth > [noun] > as centre of universe middenerdeOE middle-erdc1175 middle worldc1175 middle earthc1300 mids-worlda1325 mid-world?1536 centre1579 mid-earth1810 1810 R. Southey Poet. Wks. (1838) vi. iii. 39 Bears the Maiden there, Where Himakoot, the holy Mount, on high From mid-earth rising in mid-Heaven, Shines in its glory. 1850 M. F. Tupper tr. King Alfred's Poems xxviii. 108 The swiftly rolling heavens and the racing of the stars,..day by day they run around this mid earth. 1895 J. Menzies Cynewulf's Elene 15 Since heaven's Lord in low degree In this mid-earth a man was born. 1916 C. M. Doughty Titans ii. 28 What day Mid-Earth was founded, and laid floor, Neath stars; this mould, whereon we mortals tread. 1968 R. E. Duncan Bending Bow 9 The poet's voice speaks from no crevice in the ground between mid-earth and underworld. 1992 J. Dickey Whole Motion 474 Along the hairline stem Of the continuum, you progress, trembling With the plumb bob quiver of mid-earth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559
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