Middle English Dictionary Entry
asīde adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | asīde adv. Also azide, oside, asides. |
| Etymology | From on sīde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) On, to, or from the side; aside; on the sides; sideways, horizontally; (b) off to one side; out of the way, away.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2297 : Þe coupes of gold were treden a-syde al with mannis fet.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2687 : His hors for feere..leep asyde and foundred as he leep.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.198 : Þenne gon he [a drunk man] for to go lyk A gleo-monnes bicche, Sum tyme asyde and sum tyme arere.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)136a/b : Þe cloude is round wiþoute, and aside [L a latere]. Þe cloude haþ none certeyne fourme nouþir schappe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)212a/a : [Some trees] streccheþ vpward and some dounward and som asyde.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.1377 : Maugre the hors..What weye he took, froward or a-side, He dauntede hym.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)13162 : Þe Romayns a-side [vr. sideslepis] on hem glent.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)13596 : Venus swyn..Drowh hym forth On the bar hyde Endelong and ek a-syde.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Rich.(Auch)119/130 : Þe sarrazins seiȝe þai com & flowen oside [Cai: asyde], alle & som.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)537 : Otuwel starte o side, & lette þe swerd bi him glide.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2534 : The king..sih the Cuppe stonde aside.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1426 : And whan the bordes were aside And every man was rise aboute.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)20.57 : He fleih a-syde [B 17.57: on syde], And wolde nat neyhle hym.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2696 : [To Paris] Make þi choyse..Whan euery drogge & pot is set a-syde.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)115/5 : Þai draw þam o syde.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)7081 : She knew his voice, and glent a-side As she from him wold hir hide.
2.
(a) At an angle, sidewise; blenchen ~, be deflected; (b) loken ~, casten eie ~, look to the side; turn or slant the head, etc.; (c) set ~, set on a slant.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)120a/b : Þat schinynge passiþ nouȝt forþriȝt but blenschiþ aside of forþriȝt passinge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)120b/a : It happiþ somtyme þat a liȝt beme is I broke oþir I schuft aside.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)291b/b : Whanne he renneþ and fleeþ doun hille he renneþ þerfore asyde and aslonte by þe hulles syde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)296a/a : Swyne..holden here heed asyde whanne þey ben seke.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)216 : Þe fole wyfmen þet..lokeþ azide ase hors of grat cost.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.896 : As he caste his eye aside.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)260 : Swich as list nat onys loke a-syde, To Reward hem whan they lowe loute.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1224 : But at the laste, as that hire eye glente Asyde, anon she gan his swerd espie.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.927 : He gan to waxen red..And caste asyde a litle wight his hed.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)558 : With that he loked on me asyde, As who sayth, 'Nay, that wol not be.'
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)862 : Hir look nas not asyde, Ne overthwert.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4549 : Clarionas thanne cast hir yee a side.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)82a/b : [In epilepsy] þe mouþ is I set a wry & aside, & þe face also.
3.
(a) Away or apart from others; into or in privacy or seclusion; drawen ~, standen ~, etc.; (b) swerven ~, come apart, go to pieces.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1826 : He het Roland þan stonde aside, ther him self al-one.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.17.1 : Jhesus toke Petre and Jamys..and ledde hem asydis [WB(2): aside] in to an hiȝ hill.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 7.33 : Takynge him asydis fro the cumpanye.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1141 : This ladi tho was crope aside, As sche that wolde hireselven hide.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.303 : He by the hand than took this olde man And seyde thus, whan he hym hadde asyde [etc.].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3325 : And Pliades, þe seuene sterris briȝt, Of whiche sixe apperen to oure siȝt; For þe seuenþe drawith hir asyde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.1301 : Parys..commandid hastily, His wounded broþer oute a-syde fere..þat þei shulde bere.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.21.29 : Thes..lambis, the which thow hast maad stoond asyde.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)52.925 : Thanne kyng Orkaws took he Asyde.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)481/16 : Þis knyght callid þe monke osyde.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)112/22 : They ordaned the batelles and putt thre thovsand men aside in a valey.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)319 : & stondiþ..next hym or a syde.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2715 : Fro them he rode a litill aside.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.879 : The world..now..stant of brutel Erthe and Stiel..So mot it nedes swerve aside As thing the which men sen divide.
4.
(a) gon ~, depart from a proper course of action, deviate; go astray; (b) leien, putten ~, put or set (sth.) aside; give up, abandon; turnen ~, to avoid or dodge; (c) leven ~, leave aside; overlook.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2388 : For al this pompe and al this pride, Let no justice gon aside.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3652 : Her reson goth a-syde.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)128/2 : To deme betwen al maner of folke..wythout goynge assyd owt of lawe.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.713 : Wyues..moste..at nyght..leye a lite hir holynesse asyde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.4512 : Al that is asyde laid, And I go loveles aboute.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3337 : Al fer and drede was leide a-syde & goon.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3458 : Þat he wold..Mercy preferre and set right a-side.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)7995 : Hereth yt, and than ley hyt a-syde.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)480 : But telle oute þe trouthe, and tourne not a-side, How Couetise hath caste þe knyght on þe grene.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)3189 : Vnleful lust was set a-syde.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)47/2 : The seyd Prior..shuld calle the partyes & here the cause by-twene hem, appele put a-syde.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)409 : Respyte your thought, and put all þis a-syde.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2512 : He mot awaite at every tyde, So that nothing be lefte aside.
- (1457) Doc.in HMC Var.Col.486 : Levyng al other labours and meanes a side and a part, ye wil considred [etc.].