theremid

English

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 Dutch daarmee (“therewith, so”), German damit (“theremid, so”), Swedish därmed (“theremid, so, thus”).

Adverb

theremid (not comparable)

1. (archaic, poetic) With or by means of that; therewith.
   • 1973, Duse Mohamed, The African Times and Orient Review, volume 2, page 76:

     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.

Anagrams

• Meredith, Merideth, mithered