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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1460-1550
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Mid, n. Also: myd. [ME. mid (a 1300), mydde, f. Mida.] = Middis n.1 (See also In-myd adv. and prep.)(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 750.
And a bede in myd thaim thare Sa … preciuse c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 1082.
He wald ȝow meit … Befor the battallis baith in mid the feild a1500 King Hart 536. — c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iv. 693.
In mid of the barrace(2) a1500 King Hart 417.
The lustie quenescho sat in the mid the deis(3) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 395.
Mars with Wenus in the myd a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 944.
Thy croce imprentand of my mynd in the myd
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