Midden-eard

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 · 1889 · p. 16

sb. the middle abode, the abode of men, S; middenærd , S; middenard , S; midenarde , dat. , S.—AS. middan-eard for middan-geard , ‘middle enclosure’ (OET), the earth situated between heaven and hell, see Sweet, and Sievers, 214, n. 5; cp. Goth. midjungards , Icel. miðgarðr . See CV., and Grimm, Teut. M, p. 794.