A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1498-1609
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Mid-age, n. Also: myd-. [Late ME. (c 1440) and e.m.E.: Mid a. 5 c.] Middle age. — a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 736.
In myd age as thre & thretty ȝere 1531 Bell. Boece I. xxiv.
In thair mid or latter age a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xxxi. 17. 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 59 b.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Mid-age n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/mid_age>
