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† mithe, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 miðan, 3–4 myth(e, 3–4 mith(e.
[A Com. W. Ger. str. vb.: OE. míðan (pa. tense máð, pl. meoðon, miðon, pa. pple. miðen) corresponds to OFris. (far)mîtha to avoid, OS. mîthan (MDu. mîden, Du. mijden), OHG. mîden to hide oneself, conceal, avoid (MHG. mîden, mod.G. meiden to shun, forbear).
For the affinities of the Teut. root *mī̆þ-, see mis-1.]
1. trans. To conceal, dissemble (feelings, etc.).
In OE. (as in OS.) occas. with obj. in genitive.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxvi. §1 Ne me næfre næs ealles swa ic wolde, þeah ic his miðe. a1300Cursor M. 29069 Quen yee fast, þen sal yee scau gladnes wit yur sembland blith, and sua yur fasting sal yee myth. c1300Havelok 948 His sorwe he couþe ful wel miþe. a1310in Wright Lyric P. iv. 24 My murthe is al with mournyng meind, ne may ich mythen hit namore.
2. absol. and intr. To remain concealed, to escape notice (in OE. also trans. to escape the notice of); to hide one's thoughts or feelings.
a900Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 222/18 Dilitiscendo, miþende. a900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xii. (1890) 424 Moniᵹ ðing ᵹe eᵹ[e]slice ᵹe willsumlice ᵹeseh, þe oðre meoðon [L. multa quæ alios laterent]. c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 298/8 Þonne biþ sona sweotol æteowod on him þ̶ ær deaᵹol mað. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3807 Ðoȝ ðis folc miðe a stund for-dred. 1320–30Horn Ch. 825 Sche might no lenger mithe; To him spac that maiden fre, And seyd, Horn, y love the. |