This was replaced in B by the passage in SA: 'But in the midst of the land was a mountain tall and steep, and it was named the Meneltarma,' etc.
The summit of the Meneltarma, the Pillar of Heaven, in the midst of the land, had been a hallowed place, and even in the days of Sauron none had defiled it.
In the midst of the land among the people, it was like the shaking of an olive tree, like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.
For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord God of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land" (Isa.
Shells [are] found in the midst of the land, and on mountains.
But when Elwë awoke from his long trance, he came forth from Nan Elmoth with Melian, and they dwelt thereafter in the woods in the midst of the land.
It lay like a huge, unmoving monster, in the midst of the land below.
"Woe unto you that lay house to house and field to field, that ye may dwell alone in the midst of the land."
The sign in the hills has led me only to dark end in the midst of the land of my enemies.
Angor raised a great temple to Morgoth in the midst of the land, and Sur dwelt there.