different between eid vs mid

English

Etymology 1

From Eid.

Noun

eid (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eid

Etymology 2

From English dialectal eid, from Old Norse eið (“an isthmus, neck of land”), from Proto-Germanic *aidij? (“isthmus, strait”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“to go”). Cognate with Icelandic eið, eiði, Faroese eið, eiði (“isthmus”), Norwegian eid (“isthmus”), Swedish ed. Compare Latin e? (“go, proceed”, verb).

Alternative forms

• ed, aith

Noun

eid (plural eids)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of an open bight or inlet and having a lagoon inside it.

Anagrams

• -ide, EDI, IDE, IED, Ide, die, ide

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aid?, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Swedish ed, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ?d/

Noun

eid n (definite singular eidet, indefinite plural eid, definite plural eida or eidene)

1. an isthmus

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• eiet
• ått

Verb

eid

1. past participle of eie

Etymology 3

Noun

eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eider, definite plural eidene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed

References

• “eid”, in: Bjorvand & Lindeman, Våre arveord, rev. ed. Oslo, 2007.
• “eid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ??d/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eidar, definite plural eidane)

1. an oath
2. an expletive

Etymology 2

From Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aidij?, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Swedish ed, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ??d/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

eid n (definite singular eidet, indefinite plural eid, definite plural eida)

1. an isthmus

Etymology 3

From Arabic ????? (??d), via Persian ???? ('eid).

Noun

eid m

1. alternative form of id (“Eid”).

References

• “eid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old Saxon ?th, Old English ?þ, Old Norse eiðr, Gothic ???????????????? (aiþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eit/

Noun

eid m

1. oath

Descendants

• Middle High German: eit
  • German: Eid
  • Luxembourgish: Eed
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Frankfurterisch: IPA [ait]

• ? Old High German: aidos pl (“oath-helpers”)

Portuguese

Noun

eid m (plural eids)

1. (Islam) Eid (Muslim religious festival)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ei?d/

Verb

eid

1. (literary) impersonal imperfect/conditional of mynd

Synonyms

• elid

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“mid, middle, midway”), from Proto-West Germanic *midi, from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid, middle”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *méd?yos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Dutch midden (“in the middle”), German Mitte (“center, middle, mean”), Icelandic miður (“middle”, adjective), Latin medius (“middle”, noun and adjective). See also middle.

Adjective

mid (not comparable)

1. Denoting the middle part.

   mid ocean

2. Occupying a middle position; middle.

   mid finger

   mid hour of night

3. (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, /e o ? ?/.
4. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Midgrade marijuana, or by extension, anything of mediocre quality

Preposition

mid

1. Amid.

Derived terms

See also those listed at Category:English words prefixed with mid-.

Related terms

• midday
• midnight

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd (“midst, middle”, noun), from Proto-Germanic *midj?, *midj?, *midjô (“middle, center”) < *midjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méd?yos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with German Mitte (“center, middle, midst”), Danish midje (“middle”), Icelandic midja (“middle”). See also median, Latin medianus.

Noun

mid (plural mids)

1. (archaic) middle

Etymology 3

Clipping of mid-range.

Noun

mid (plural mids)

1. (disc golf) A mid-range.

Etymology 4

From or representing German mit, and/or perhaps German Low German mid. Although Middle English had a native preposition mid with this same meaning ("with"), it had fallen out of use by the end of the 1300s and survived into the modern English period only in the compounds mididone, midwife, and theremid.

Preposition

mid

1. (in representations of German-accented English) With.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:mid.

References

• mid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• DMI, Dim, IDM, IM'd, IMD, MDI, dim, dim.

German Low German

Alternative forms

• met (in some dialects)
• mit (in some dialects)
• möt (Low Prussian)

Etymology

From Middle Low German mit, mid, from Old Saxon mid. Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), German mit (“with”). For more, see Middle English mid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t/

Preposition

mid

1. (in some dialects) with

Hungarian

Etymology

mi (“what”) +? -d (“your, of yours”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mid]
• Hyphenation: mid

Pronoun

mid

1. second-person singular single-possession possessive of mi

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English mid (“with, in conjunction with, in company with, together with, into the presence of, through, by means of, by, among, in, at (time), in the sight of, opinion of”, preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *midi (“with”).

Cognate with North Frisian mits (“with”), Dutch met (“with”), Low German mit (“with”), German mit (“with”), Danish med (“with”), Icelandic með (“with”), Ancient Greek ???? (metá, “among, between, with”), Albanian me (“with, together”), Sanskrit ????? (smat, “together, at the same time”).

Alternative forms

• med, medde, midde, mide, mit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mid/

Preposition

mid

1. with
2. amid, amidst

References

• “mid (adj. & pref.)” in the Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English midd

Alternative forms

• med, medde, midde, mide, mit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mid/

Adjective

mid

1. mid-, middle, central, intermediate
2. that is or are in the middle or intermediate in time

Descendants

• English: mid

References

• “mid (adj. & pref.)” in the Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001)

Old English

Alternative forms

• mit, miþ, mið

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi. Compare Old Saxon mid, Old High German mit, Old Norse með.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mid/

Preposition

mid

1. with

Descendants

• Middle English: mid

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• midi, mit, mith, met

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midi.

Preposition

mid

1. with

Adverb

mid

1. with, together, along