betweonum

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally a phrase made up of be (“by”) + twēonum (“the two”, dative plural noun). Very rarely, these elements were still used as separate words: be sǣm twēonum ("between two seas," Beowulf 858).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beˈtwe͜oː.num/

Preposition

betwēonum

  1. between
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