midd

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German müede, from Old High German muodi. Cognate with German müde, Dutch moede, Icelandic móður.

Pronunciation

Adjective

midd (masculine midden, neuter midd, comparative méi midd, superlative am middsten)

  1. tired

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Derived terms

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

Adjective

midd (superlative midmest or midemest)

  1. middle
    • translation of "Alexander the Great's Letter to Aristotle"
      Sēo burg wæs on midre þǣre ēa on ānum īeġlande ġetimbrod.
      The town was built on an island in the middle of the river.
    • c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      Wē wǣron on midre þǣre sǣ.
      We were in the middle of the sea.
    • c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
      Sē þe Godes þeġn sīe, gā hider tō mē and dō his sweord tō his hype, and gāþ fam ġeate tō ġeate þurh midde þā ċeastre, and ofslēa ǣlċ mann his brōðor and his frēond and his nīehstan.
      Whoever is a servant of God, shall come here to me and put his sword at his hip, and they will go from gate to gate through the middle of the camp, and each man shall slay his brother and his friend and his neighbor. (Quoting Moses from Exodus 32:27)

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Descendants

  • Middle English: mid, midde