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] Aleʓdon 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 be 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 ʓe ne cunnon.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, xxiii. 609. Hine þanon ealle atuʓan tomiddes þære cypinge.
