theremid
English
Etymology
From Middle English thermid, tharmid, thormid, from Old English þǣrmid (“therewith, with that, straightway, at the same time”); equivalent to there (“that”) + mid (“with”). Cognate with Dutch daarmee (“therewith, so”), German damit (“theremid, so”), Swedish därmed (“theremid, so, thus”).
Adverb
theremid (not comparable)
- (archaic, poetic) With or by means of that; therewith.
- 1973, Duse Mohamed, The African Times and Orient Review, volume 2, page 76:
- He hath kissed her with the kisses of his mouth,
She is blacker than tents of Kedar,
Her roses nod east and her roses nod south
Across the wide casements of cedar,
But the Rose of Sharon weeps theremid
Until her true lover hath freed her.
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Anagrams
- Meredith, Merideth, mithered