mid, I. prep. w. dat., instr., and acc., signifying preëminently _union, community, with_, hence: 1) w. dat.: a) _with, in company, community, with_; mid Finne, 1129; mid Hrôðgâre, 1593; mid scip-herge, 243; mid gesîðum (_with his comrades_), 1314; so, 1318, 1964, 2950, etc.; mid his freó-drihtne, 2628; mid þæm lâcum (_with the gifts_), 1869; so, 2789, 125; mid hæle (_with good luck!_), 1218; mid bæle fôr (_sped off amid fire_), 2309. The prep. postponed: him mid (_with him, in his company_), 41; _with him_, 1626; ne wäs him Fitela mid (_was not with him_), 890. b) _with, among_: mid Geátum (_among the Geátas_), 195, 2193, 2624; mid Scyldingum, 274; mid Eotenum, 903; mid yldum (eldum), 77, 2612; mid him (_with, among, one another_), 2949. In temporal sense: mid ær-däge (_at dawn_), 126.--2) _with, with the help of, through_, w. dat.: mid âr-stafum (_through his grace_), 317; so, 2379; mid grâpe (_with the fist_), 438; so, 1462, 2721; mid his hete-þoncum (_through his hatred_), 475; mid sweorde, 574; so, 1660, 2877; mid gemete (_through, by, his power_), 780; so, 1220, 2536, 2918; mid gôde (_with benefits_), 1185; mid hearme (_with harm, insult_), 1893; mid þære sorge (_with [through?] this sorrow_), 2469; mid rihte (_by rights_), 2057. With instr.: mid þý wîfe (_through [marriage with] the woman_), 2029.--3) w. acc., _with, in community, company, with_: mid his eorla gedriht, 357; so, 634, 663, 1673; mid hine, 880; mid mînne gold-gyfan, 2653. II. adv., mid, _thereamong, in the company_, 1643; _at the same time, likewise_, 1650. middan-geard, st. m., _globe, earth_: acc. sg., 75, 1772; dat. sg. on middan-gearde, 2997; gen. sg. middan-geardes, 504, 752. midde, w. f., _middle = medius_: dat. sg. on middan (_through the middle, in two_), 2706; gen. sg. (adv.) tô-middes (_in the midst_), 3142. middel-niht, st. f., _midnight_: dat. pl. middel-nihtum, 2783, 2834. miht, st. f., _might, power, authority_: acc. sg. þurh drihtnes miht (_through the Lord's help, power_), 941; instr. pl. selfes mihtum, 701. mihtig, adj.: 1) _physically strong, powerful_: acc. sg. mihtig mere-deór, 558; mere-wîf mihtig, 1520.--2) _possessing authority, mighty_: nom. sg. mihtig god, 702, 1717, 1726; dat. sg. mihtigan drihtne, 1399.--Comp.: äl-, fore-mihtig. milde, adj., _kind, gracious, generous_: nom. sg. môdes milde (_kind-hearted_), 1230; instr. pl. mildum wordum (_graciously_), 1173. Superl. nom. sg. worold-cyning mannum mildust (_a king most liberal to men_), 3183. milts, st. f., _kindness, benevolence_: nom. sg., 2922. missan, w. v. with gen., _to miss, err in_: pret. sg. miste mercelses (_missed the mark_), 2440. missere, st. n., _space of a semester, half a year_: gen. pl. hund missera (_fifty winters_), 2734, 2210; generally, _a long period of time, season_, 1499, 1770; fela missera, 153, 2621. mist-hlið, st. n., _misty cliff, cloud-capped slope_: dat. pl. under mist-hleoðum, 711. mistig, adj., _misty_: acc. pl. mistige môras, 162.
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