† 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.
| c 1160 Hatton Gosp. Mark xv. 41, & maneᵹe oðre þe him mide ferden on ierusalem. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 51 And hwat þa claðes bi-tacneð þe þe rapes weren mide biwunden. c 1205 Lay. 2831 Alle his cnihtes þe mide him weoren. a 1225 Ancr. R. 372 Nicodemus brouhte smuriles uorte smurien mide ure Louerd. c 1315 Shoreham i. 241 In water ich wel þe cristny her..For mide to wessche nis noþynge Þat man comeþ to so liȝte. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 3094 (Kölbing), .vi. hundred kniȝtes he brouȝt him mide. |