SuaviloquyToday’s word

betwixt

Betwixt, prep.

Etymology: [OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt, AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betwih; pref. be- by + a form fr. AS. twa two. See Between.]

1. In the space which separates; between. From betwixt two aged oaks. Milton.

2. From one to another of; mutually affecting. There was some speech of marriage Betwixt myself and her. Shak. Betwixt and between, in a midway position; so-so; neither one thing nor the other. [Colloq.]

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for betwixt; he lists it under amid.

Where he writes about it:

Between (archaic or poetic, betwixt) is said of two persons or objects, or of two groups of persons or objects. — from amid