meythe, III, 112, 59: might.

micht, v., V, [299], 4: might.

micht’ll, might well.

mickle, great, much. See meikle.

midder, mideer, mother.

middle-earth, medill-erthe, I, 327, 27; II, 59, 25: (A.S. middangeard, middaneard), earth (conceived as being the middle of the universe; see miðgarðr in Vigfusson).

middle stream, III, 125, 19: middle of the stream.

middle waist, IV, 523, 6: middle of his waist.

mid-larf, crowing a, II, 230, 5, 8: corrupt (changed by Scott to merry midnight). Taking into account the young cock crew i the merry Linkem, II, 239, B 4, midlarf may stand for some locality (suggestion of Professor Kittredge).

might be==was, III, 452, 10. See may, can.