atwix

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Middle English atwix, atwixen, from a- +‎ twix, twixt ("among"), from a- +‎ tweox (“twofold”), from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”).

Preposition[edit]

atwix

(Geordie) between; betwixt [from 14th c.]

References[edit]

Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
atwixt – Etymonline

Anagrams[edit]

Waxit

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