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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mīþan.
Cognate with Old Saxon mīthan (Middle Low German mîden), Dutch mijden, Old High German mīdan (German meiden).
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Verb
mīþan
- to hide, conceal, dissemble
Cyriacus hygerune ne mað to Gode cleopode.- Cyriacus did not hide his mind's secret, but cried out to God.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…- I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…
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