A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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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 Leg. S. 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 K. Hart 536. —c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iv. 693.
In mid of the barrace(2) a1500 K. Hart 417.
The lustie quenescho sat in the mid the deis(3) a1400 Leg. S. xxi. 395.
Mars with Wenus in the myd a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 944.
Thy croce imprentand of my mynd in the myd
