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N (masc, a-stem)

the middle dwelling (between heaven and hell), the earth, world

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Attested in Caedmon's Hymn
Inflected forms
middangeardes "Middle-Earth.gen" (oe-gen) in Sellic Spell
middaneard "Middle-Earth.acc" (oe-acc) in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia
Paradigms