† amidheapsadv.

Forms:

α. early Middle English amidheapes, early Middle English amidheppes.

β. early Middle English omidhepes, early Middle English omidheppes.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: amid prep., heap n., -s suffix¹

Etymology: Probably < amid prep. + heap n. + -s suffix¹.Alternatively perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English phrase *on middan hēapes , literally ‘in (the) middle of (the) heap or crowd’; compare discussion at amid prep. and adv. and mid adj., n.¹, and adv.² Specific forms. Forms showing -heppes as the second element appear to reflect shortening of the vowel in reduced stress.

Obsolete.

In the very middle, right inside.

ΚΠ

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 667 Heo stod unhurt þer [sc. in a fire] amidheppes heriende ure healent.

a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 1351 (MED) Her amidheapes was tis meiden iset for to al to-ronden & rewfulliche torenden.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).

单词	amidheaps
释义	† amidheapsadv. Forms: α. early Middle English amidheapes, early Middle English amidheppes. β. early Middle English omidhepes, early Middle English omidheppes. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: amid prep., heap n., -s suffix¹ Etymology: Probably < amid prep. + heap n. + -s suffix¹.Alternatively perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English phrase on middan hēapes , literally ‘in (the) middle of (the) heap or crowd’; compare discussion at amid prep. and adv. and mid adj., n.¹, and adv.² Specific forms.* Forms showing -heppes as the second element appear to reflect shortening of the vowel in reduced stress. Obsolete. In the very middle, right inside. ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 667 Heo stod unhurt þer [sc. in a fire] amidheppes heriende ure healent. a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 1351 (MED) Her amidheapes was tis meiden iset for to al to-ronden & rewfulliche torenden. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021). < adv.c1225
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