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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Midman, n. Also: mide-, mydman. [Mid a.] A mediator or arbiter. (Cf. Mid moyen n. and Mid persoun n.) 1459 Rep. Hist. MSS., Varr. Coll. V. 82.
Qwar that thai discord amang thaim self of the departesyng of the … landis, they sal byd at the terminacion of thar midmen 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 121.
He lamentit … that there was no mid-man to make ane agriement betwix these tuo parteis c 1575 Wemyss Corr. 74.
Giff I wilbe with ony of the parteis, or mydman 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 14 b.
At that tyme Johne Caluene … ingyrit him self midman betuix the tua parteis 1600-1610 Melvill 61. 1647 Baillie Anabaptism (1647) 17. 1652–5 Id. Lett. III. 179, 254, 296.