'twixt

twixt English Etymology The apostrophe (’) indicates omission of the first syllable of en atwixt or en betwixt. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-'twixt.wav Southern England Preposition prep en twixt V i 299 2 [H]e had himſelfe / The Lands and VVaters, ’twixt your Throne and his, / Meaſur’d, to looke vpon you; vvhom he loues 1 26 Thither the Knight his courſe did ſtear, / To keep the peace ’tvvixt Dog and Bear; en 1702 [John Pomfret] Upon the Divine Attributes. A Pindarick Essay. Miscellany Poems on Several Occasions,By the Author of The Choice. London Printed for John Placeat Furnivals-Inn in Holborn. stanza VI 141–142 https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_miscellany-poems-on-seve_pomfret-john_1702/page/142/mode/1up 39722632 The feeble Bark of Life he God ſaves, / Amidſt the fury of Tempeſtuous VVaves, / From all the dangers he foreſees, or fears; / Yet ev'ry hour ’tvvixt Sylla and Charibdis ſtears? 9 36 In thy nocturnal Rove, one Moment halt, / ’Tvvixt Stage and Stage, of Riot, and Cabal; en 29 May 1851 w:Sojourner Truth; reported by Frances D[ana] Gage Ohio [Reminiscences by Frances D. Gage. Sojourner Truth. [Ain’t I a Woman?]] w:Elizabeth Cady Stanton; w:Susan B. Anthony; w:Matilda Joslyn Gage History of Woman Suffrage[...] In Three Volumes Rochester, N.Y.; London Susan B. Anthony; Charles MannLondon: 25 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. Paris: G. Fischbacher, 33 rue de Seine. 1887 !I (1848–1861) 116 https://archive.org/details/historyofwomansu01stanuoft/page/116/mode/1up 10703030 I thik dat ’twixt de niggers of de Souf and de womin at de Norf, all talkin’ ’bout rights, de white men will be in a fix pretty soon. The Hosting of the Sidhe 2 The host is rushing ’twixt night and day, / And where is there hope or deed as fair? / Caolte tossing his burning hair, / And Niamh calling Away, come away. Derived terms en 'twixt-brain en apheretic forms