East Central German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German müede, muode, from Old High German muodi, from Proto-West Germanic *mōþī. Cognate to Pennsylvania German mied, Central Franconian mied.

Adjective

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miede

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) tired
  2. (Erzgebirgisch, informal) insignificant, trifling
    Kenn miedn Fuftschr krisste!
    You won't even get an insignificant fifty.

Further reading

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85:

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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miede

  1. first/third-person singular subjunctive II of meiden

Middle English

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Noun

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miede

  1. Alternative form of mede (reward)

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian mēde, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō.

Noun

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miede c (plural mieden, diminutive miedsje)

  1. meadow

Further reading

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  • miede”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011