Middle English in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.English [Am ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ, Brit ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ] ADJ

II.English [Am ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ, Brit ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ] N

See also plain

I.plain <plainer plainest> [Am pleɪn, Brit pleɪn] ADJ

II.plain [Am pleɪn, Brit pleɪn] ADV

III.plain [Am pleɪn, Brit pleɪn] N

I.middle [Am ˈmɪdl, Brit ˈmɪd(ə)l] N

1. middle (of object, place):

middle (center)
centro m
middle (center)
medio m
middle (half-way line)
mitad f
it stood in the middle of the room
estaba en el centro or en (el) medio or en la mitad de la habitación
they were playing in the middle of the road
estaban jugando en (el) medio or en la mitad de la calle
much of the play was confined to the middle of the field
el partido se concentró en el centro del campo
the industries are concentrated in the middle of the country
las industrias se concentran en el centro del país
in the middle of nowhere
quién sabe dónde
in the middle of nowhere
en el quinto pino Spain inf
in the middle of nowhere
donde el diablo perdió el poncho AmS inf
we cut the cake down the middle
partimos el pastel por la mitad
to split sth down the middle
dividir algo por la mitad
the party is split down the middle over this issue
el partido está dividido en dos sectores de opinión sobre este problema

II.middle [Am ˈmɪdl, Brit ˈmɪd(ə)l] ADJ attr

Middle English in the PONS Dictionary

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For example, the word wife is often spelled "wijf" and paradise is "paradijs" in Middle English.
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As a result of the merger, "vein" and "vain" are now homophones, but in early Middle English they were pronounced differently as and.
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It is derived from the Middle English word "schamel", which meant a bench, as for displaying meat for sale.
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It is thought to be short for the Middle English curdogge, which derives from the word curren, meaning to growl.
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Ketch from Middle English cache, from cacchen, to catch.
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It is also a valuable source of information about the early Middle English language itself.
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An alternative derivation may be the Middle English "beck" (stream), which would be an example of a tautological name.
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The poem is written in early Middle English.
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Middle English retained a cognate "nithe", meaning envy ("cf." modern German "neid" / "neidvoll"), hate, or malice.
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Apparently, early became before the occurrence of Middle English breaking, which generated new occurrences of that later became.
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