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mid-winter

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
mid-winter, es; m.
Mid-winter, Christmas
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  • Gif se (seo, MS.) mid-winter biþ on Wódnesdæg, ðonne biþ heard winter and grim ... Gif heó byoþ on Ðunresdæg, ðonne byoþ gód winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendædlíc winter ... Gif se midwinter byþ on Seternesdæg, ðonne byþ winter gedréfedlíc,

    • Lchdm. iii. 164, 1-10.
  • On ðære hálgan midwintres tíde,

    • L. C. E. pref.
    • ;
    • Th. i. 358, 7.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. mid-winter.
]
Similar entries
v. mid-sumor, midde-winter.
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