betwixt

«betwixt» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: between — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

between

part of speech

preposition

meaning for a pupil

In the middle of two things or people. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say between.

examples

• And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) tree →
• It means betwixt and between, and that is just where I am. (The Jungle Book) tree →
• Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

betwixt

tests

manual 10.4; corpora 18 (Torah 10, tales 8, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 2.0 (Torah alone 23.3); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.
• Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.
• And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
• Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
• There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «betwixt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.