Mid-gesíþ (?)

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

:-- Midgesíðum emhlenned

mid-gesíþ (?)

sodalibus vallatus, Hpt. Gl. 422, 38. Napier (An. Ox. 680, note) from this passage deduces a midgesíþ (cf. Goth. miþ-gasinþa) on the ground that mid as preposition here would be unsuitable. But if the construction with verbs similar to emhlenned is noted (e. g. ymb-gyrdan, -habban, -hegian, -hípan) it will be seen that mid is a usual construction, so that mid gesíðum seems to be quite unobjectionable. mid-gesiþ