† to-mids, adv. and prep. Obs.
[OE. tó-middes, ME. to-medis, f. to prep. + middes: see mids.]
A. adv. In or into the midst.
| Beowulf 3141 [Hie] Aleᵹdon ða to middes mærne þeoden. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 56 Sete on feower healfe þæs ceapes, and an to middes. a 1400 Sir Perc. 1202 He roghte wele the lesse Awther of lyfe or of dede, To-medis that he were in a stede, Thar he myghte riste hym in thede A stownde in sekirnes! |
B. prep. In or into the midst of. (Only OE.)
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. John i. 26 Tomiddes eow stod þe ᵹe ne cunnon. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives xxiii. 609 Hine þanon ealle atuᵹan tomiddes þære cypinge. |