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-,) Mydmoyen, n. [Mid a.] An intermediary, go-between. (Cf. Midman n., Mid persoun n. and Moyaner n.) —1456 Hay II. 47/35.
The knycht … is a myd moyen betuix him [the lord] and his peple
