twixt
preposition
Early Modern English
Meaning
Between two things or people. tree →
Then and now
No longer used; today we say between.
Examples
- Shame on me if I touch the hand that has come 'twixt me and my own heart's love.” (English Fairy Tales) tree →
- Prince Ivan, 'twixt sleeping and waking, waxed very wroth with his tutor, and handed him over entirely to the Princess, saying-- (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
- Wid dat I des drapt back inter de woods, en sorter skeerted 'roun' so's ter git de tree 'twixt' me en de road. (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) tree →
Note
Today: between.
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