prep. Obs. Forms: 2 bitwihan, 2–3 bitwihen, 3 bitueiȝen, -twiȝe, -tuh(h)en, -tuh(h)e, -twhwe. [First found in 12th c. as bitwihan; it took the place of OE. bitwih, of which it was apparently a later extension, in accordance with the analogy of betwix, betwixan, betweon, betweonan. The variant bitueiȝen appears to have been influenced by tweȝen TWAIN; cf. also BITWEIES.] = BETWIXT, BETWEEN.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 37. He is iset bi-twihan god almihtin and þe.
c. 1205. Lay., 784. Lufe þe us bi-tueiȝen lið. Ibid., 20947. Bitwiȝe Ænglelonde and Normandie.
a. 1240. Sawles Warde, in Cott. Hom., 255. Bituhhen heard ant nesche, bituhhe wa of þis world ant to moche wunne.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1747. Maister Nichole … Bitwihen us deme schule.
