Middle English Dictionary Entry
sīdeling(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | sīdeling(e adv. Also sidiling. |
| Etymology | Prob. from sīde n.; also cp. MLG, MDu. sīdeling; & cp. OE sīdling-weg. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sideways, obliquely; to or from the side.
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6271 : He rode to him euen sydilyng, Vn-til grounde he him bryng.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10348 : Ȝyf any connyng man of þo Standeþ stille, or sidlyng can go, He may stande on þe brynkes Al so lange as hym god þynkes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)718/30 : They laysshed togydyrs many sad strokis and trased and traversed now bakwarde, now sydelynge, hurtelynge togydyrs lyke two borys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1217/30 : Sir Launcelot doubled hys strokis and gaff sir Gawayne suche a stroke uppon the helmet that sydelynge he felle downe uppon hys one syde.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)95/20 : He wissed the hors sydlynge ayeynes the watyr asquynt.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7320 : Prothenor..Set hym a sad dynt Sydlyng by-hynd.