Theremid

adv

adv ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    With or by means of that; therewith. archaic, not-comparable, poetic

    "He hath kissed her with the kisses of his mouth, She is blacker than tents of Kedar, Her roses nod east and her roses nod south Across the wide casements of cedar, But the Rose of Sharon weeps theremid Until her true lover hath freed her."

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"He hath kissed her with the kisses of his mouth, She is blacker than tents of Kedar, Her roses nod east and her roses nod south Across the wide casements of cedar, But the Rose of Sharon weeps theremid Until her true lover hath freed her."

Etymology

From Middle English thermid, tharmid, thormid, from Old English þǣrmid (“therewith, with that, straightway, at the same time”); equivalent to there (“that”) + mid (“with”), from Middle English mid (“with”). Cognate with West Frisian dêrmei (“therewith, with that”), Dutch daarmee (“therewith, so”), German damit (“theremid, so”), Swedish därmed (“theremid, so, thus”).

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