middenerd

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  • Ne bidde ich na bet bo alesed a domes dei of bende. lutel he wat wet is pine. ⁊ lutel he hit scaweð 135 hwice hete is þer þa saule wuneð hu biter wind þer blaweð. hefde he bon þer enne dei oðer twa bare tide {;} nolde he for al middenerd þe þerdde þer abiden. þet habbeð iseid þ [e] comen þonen þa hit wisten mid iwissen. wa wurð sorȝe seueȝer. for souenihte blisse. —  Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
  • [eal his óf spring efter hi {m}. en hearme is bi {} fealle.] þurst ⁊ hunger. chele ⁊ hete. helde ⁊ unhelðe. þurh him deð com in þis middenerd ⁊ oðer uniselðe. —  Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts
 

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  1. Middle English, also middenard, from Anglo-Saxon middaneard (also mideard) for middangeard (= Icelandic midhgardhr (see midgard) = Goth, midjungards), the ‘midyard,’the middle abode, the earth as situated between heaven and hell, from midde, mid, middle, + geard, yard, inclosure (accommodation to eard, region, abode). Cf. middelerd, middle-earth.
 

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