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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Midtime, n. Also: midde-, myd(d)- and -tym(e. [e.m.E. (1571).] In the (this) midtime, in the meantime, in the interim. Also, in (the) midtime of, in the middle of (a period of time), also, during. (Cf. Menetime.)(1) 1418 Liber Melros 503.
Qwhat sa euer thai hafe recaywed … in the myd tyme 1491 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 328.
In the mydtyme the said vicar sal mak the said Jhone … to haf infeftment of the croft 1540 Misc. Bann. C. I. 256. 1552 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 278. 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 83. 1563 Ib. 187; etc. 1574 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 265. 1585 Gray Lett. & P. 45. 1596 Elgin Rec. II. 46. 1629 Banff Ann. II. 27. a1634 Read Buch. 748. c1650 Spalding I. 100.
In the midtyme, both … ar so encouragit by thir letteris … that [etc.](2) 1586 Rait & Cameron King James's Secret 32. 1586–7 Cal. Sc. P. IX. 401.
In this midde tyme quhill I sall ressave moir ample directione I sall procede(3) 1636 Grant Chart. 229.
In the midtyme of all thir searcheis, … he is in dealling privatlie with certane men 1650 Metrical Psalms (1650) cii. 24.
O take me not away In mid-time of my dayes