† middle world Obs.
= middle earth.
| c 1200 Ormin 17538 Off þise fowwre shaffte iss all Þiss middell werelld timmbredd. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 98 Of waters froren, of yses wal, ðis middel werld it luket al. 1822 Scott Pirate xxiv, He spoke mair like a man of the middle world, than she had ever heard him since she had [etc.]. |