† biˈtwihen, -twihe, prep. Obs.
Forms: 2 bitwihan, 2–3 bitwihen, 3 bitueiȝen, -twiȝe, -tuh(h)en, -tuh(h)e, -twhwe.
[First found in 12th c. as bitwihan; it took the place of OE. bitwih, of which it was apparently a later extension, in accordance with the analogy of betwix, betwixan, betweon, betweonan. The variant bitueiȝen appears to have been influenced by tweȝen twain; cf. also bitweies.]
= betwixt, between.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 37 He is iset bi-twihan god almihtin and þe. c 1205 Lay. 784 Lufe þe us bi-tueiȝen lið. Ibid. 20947 Bitwiȝe ænglelonde and Normandie. a 1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 255 Bituhhen heard ant nesche, bituhhe wa of þis world ant to moche wunne. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1747 Maister Nichole..Bitwihen us deme schule. |