Meanings
- archaicnot comparablepoeticWith or by means of that; therewith.
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.
1973, Duse Mohamed, The African Times and Orient Review, volume 2, page 76
Origin
- Middle Englishmid“with”
- Old Englishþǣrmid“therewith, with that, straightway, at the same time”
- Middle Englishthermid
- Englishtheremid
From Middle English thermid, tharmid, thormid, from Old English þǣrmid (“therewith, with that, straightway, at the same time”); equivalent to there (“that”) + mid (“with”), from Middle English mid (“with”). Cognate with West Frisian dêrmei (“therewith, with that”), Dutch daarmee (“therewith, so”), German damit (“theremid, so”), Swedish därmed (“theremid, so, thus”).
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theremid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theremid
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