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† mide, prep. and adv. Obs.
[Related to mid prep. and adv. It has not been found in OE., but corresponds in form and use to OS. midi, OHG. miti (MHG. mite).]
A synonym of mid prep. and adv., employed a. as adv. (sometimes = ‘wherewith’); b. as prep., usually placed after its regimen or used ellipt. at the end of a sentence.
c1160Hatton Gosp. Mark xv. 41, & maneᵹe oðre þe him mide ferden on ierusalem. c1175Lamb. Hom. 51 And hwat þa claðes bi-tacneð þe þe rapes weren mide biwunden. c1205Lay. 2831 Alle his cnihtes þe mide him weoren. a1225Ancr. R. 372 Nicodemus brouhte smuriles uorte smurien mide ure Louerd. c1315Shoreham i. 241 In water ich wel þe cristny her..For mide to wessche nis noþynge Þat man comeþ to so liȝte. c1330Arth. & Merl. 3094 (Kölbing), .vi. hundred kniȝtes he brouȝt him mide. |