I read it in Macbeth and I was wondering what it means or where it comes from. Usually words like that such as 'Tis or 'Twas mean "It is" and "It was". The apostrophe replaces the "I". If that was the case with this word it would be "It wixt".
Was "wixt" ever a word in English and if so what did it mean?
2006-12-05 15:50:05 · 7 answers · asked by imaqtpai 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes I did. It wasn't in my dictionary and google gave me a bunch of junk about some video game...
2006-12-05 15:53:12 · update #1
It is actually Betwixt
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English betwux, from be- + -twux (akin to Gothic tweihnai two each)
2006-12-05 15:58:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 15⤊ 0⤋
Twixt is a contraction of betwixt, which is an old English word that basically means between.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/betwixt
2006-12-05 15:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
twixt means I ate the crunchy cookie caramel chocolate covered candy...lol. It really means BETWEEN!!!
2006-12-05 16:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by outspoken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"twixt" in Shakespearean language usually means "between".
2006-12-05 15:51:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did you try a dictionary? Or maybe Google?
2006-12-05 15:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by +No longer a Yahoo answerer+ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
twixt....as in inbetwixt....ie. inbetween.
It's the old Shakespearean way of sayin' things in a poet's language.
2006-12-05 16:33:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means "between"
2006-12-05 15:51:59 · answer #7 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋