† mididone, adv. Obs.
Also 4 midydone.
[Orig. a syntactical phrase, mid idone, where mid prep. governs i-done pa. pple. of do v. The literal sense is thus ‘with this being done’.]
Forthwith, immediately.
c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 468/226 He helpez boþe king and knyȝht, þe pouere alle mididone. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 4138 (Kölbing) Þe cherl bent his bowe sone & smot a doke mididone. |