† amidmongprep.
Obsolete.
In the midst of.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition]
amongeOE
amidOE
amongst1258
in (the) mids (of)a1382
in the middle ofc1384
amella1400
amidmonga1500
in the midst of1535
in midst (of)a1556
a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) ii. viii. f. 35 (MED) How do ye, in this fire suffre ye no peyne, sith that ye be contynually so nye me amydmong this peynes?
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xiv. f. 54 And there sate amidmong the lewde and ungracious companie of seruauntes.
1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. a viiiv F[ather] Persons speaches against the Q[ueen] sitting a mid-mong the students.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).
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