betweonum
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Preposition
[edit]betwēonum