(a) Mid, middle; ~ eie, the middle or center of the eye; bi ~ tables, across the middle of the boards; in ~ cite (se, valei), in the middle of the city (sea, valley); in ~ pathes, in the midst of the paths; to ~ theigh, to mid-thigh; etc.; (b) centrally placed, central; located midway between the sides; interior; ~ bem, a tie beam; ~ man, a man in the midst (of you); ~ somes, traces connecting the first team on a plow to the last team; ~ tre, ?the middle post of a gateway; ~ wal, an interior wall, a partition; also, the muscular septum separating the two halves of the heart; ~ wardes, inner parts; ~ wind, a central garnet used in brailing up the sail; fig. ~ sothfastnes, central truth; (c) being the midmost of three (or of another odd number); of a story in a three-story building: the second; sup. middeleste, as noun: the middle man, the third finger (counting thumb as first); ~ bord, a second table (between the royal table and the general table); also, the middle one of any three tables; ~ lond, the Midlands of England; ~ ward, the middle cohort of an army [cp. rere-warde n.]; ~ welken, middle sky, middle sphere, the earth's sphere between heaven and hell; (d) ~ finger, the third finger (counting the thumb as first); ~ veine, the antecubital (or the median cubital or median basilic) vein of the arm; ~ ward, the body of an army between the vanguard and the rear guard; ~ wei (sti, path), the middle path; fig. the way of moderation, the golden mean; ~ world, the earth; (e) of a syllable or clause: placed between two others; (f) intervening, coming between; ~ wal, a separating wall; ~ valei, a valley that comes between.

(a) Medially placed in time, middle; ~ age, ~ elde, middle age; ~ lenten sondai, the fourth Sunday in Lent; ~ livinge, the middle part of (one's) life; ~ messe, the second of the three masses celebrated on Christmas Day; middeleste biwist, middle life; of ~ live, in the prime of life; on ~ sel, at midnight; (b) intervening in time; ~ age; intervening period; ~ night, the night between two days.

(a) Intermediate in size, width, or stature; middle-sized; (b) intermediate in rank or station in life, power, value, quality, intensity, pitch, severity, etc.; ~ speche, an intermediate dialect sharing some features of each of the neighboring dialects; (c) intermediate in age, second eldest of three; ~ brother (doughter, sone, suster), middeleste brother, ~ maiden, etc.; sup. middeleste, as noun: the second oldest one; (d) ~ custume, the petty custom, the toll levied on domestic goods sold in the domestic market; (e) math. ~ terme, see quot.

Half; ~ clothes, half the clothing; ~ of sicle, a half shekel; in ~ wei ayen, halfway to (a place).

In plant name: ~ foles fot, the marsh marigold Caltha palustris.

In surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.40].