Middle English Dictionary Entry
amid-right adv. & prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | amid-right adv. & prep. Also amidde(n-. |
| Etymology | Cp. amid(de . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In the very center, right inside; (b) ~ the wei, ?halfway, ?along the way.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)521 : An engel..iþet ferliche fur amidden riht lihte ant hit cwenchte anan.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)87/213 : Ine þe bureȝ amidde riȝt Beoþ twe tures ipiȝt.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)396 : Heouene geth al-a-boute þe eorþe..Amidde riȝt heouene þe eorþe is ase þe streon [!] a-midde þe Eyȝe..for þe leste steorre is In heouene..[more] þane al þe eorþe.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)190/15 : Ase he cam a-midriȝt þe wei, a liȝt him cam a-boute.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1300 Floris (Vit D.3)222 : Rift [Cmb: And ine þe burȝ, amidde riȝt, Beoþ twe tures ipiȝt].
Note: New spelling
Note: !Quot. used already under -right suf.--JL
Note: !Variant (Cmb Gg.4.27) of quot. used already under (a)--JL