1 mid-wist
f. The being with others, presence, society :-- Þurh font-hálgunge gewyrþ sóna Godes midwist by the hallowing of the font God becomes at once present, Wulfst. 36, 2. Ǽlc ðe gewita oððe gewyrhta sí ðǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie geládie ðære midwiste let every one that is cognisant or co-operating, where a stranger injures a native, clear himself of the participation, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 29. Snottre men lufiaþ midwist míne, Exon. 130 b; Th. 500, 17; Rä. 89, 8. [O. H. Ger. mite-wist consortium, participatio.] mid-wist