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† midovernoon Obs.
[f. mid a. + over prep. + noon.]
The middle of the afternoon. (In quot. c 1300 app. used by mistake for midoverundern, which is the reading of other MSS.)
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7302 Fram anon amorwe uorte mid ouer non, Þe bataile ilaste strong. Ibid. 7487 Fram þat it was amorwe þe bataile ilaste strong Vorte it was hei midouernon, & þat was somdel long. a1300E.E. Psalter xxxvi. 6 And he sal lede als light þi rightwisnes, And als mid over-none [Wyclif, as mydday] þi dome þat es. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 10673 He was two hundred mennes ban,—Or it was passed myd-ouer-none.
fig.c1430Hymns Virg. (1867) 84 At vndren to scole y was sett..At mydday y was dubbid knyȝt..At hiȝ noon y was crowned king..At mydouernoon y droupid faste, Mi lust & liking wente away. |