Middle English Dictionary Entry
bisīde(s adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | bisīde(s adv. Also bisidin, bisiden, (late) besedis. |
| Etymology | From OE bī sīdan, be ~. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
At the side, at one's side; alongside; gon ~, walk alongside.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30784 : His pic he heold bi-siden.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)259 : Þe twey walles þat beoþ by-side.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2239 : Þat witty werwolf went ay biside.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.446 : Ther ben also somme..That folwen Simon ate hieles..And holy cherche goth beside.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5856 : And þe folk hym leide on..By-hynde and biside and also bifore.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)76 : Smal sendal bisides, a selure hir ouer.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1290 : Hir lemman was biside alway In sich a gise that he hir kyste.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)545 : Some on horsys and some besyde.
2.
Nearby, in the neighborhood; nigh, faste ~; her ~, ther ~; passen ~, pass by.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11696 : Þo sei he þer biside..Þe erles baner of gloucetre.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)544 : Þan seyȝe sche sir Amis biside.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1774 : For to birry him at on abbay Þat was bisiden on þe way.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1179 : Þe ȝong kniȝt was so neiȝh be-side, þat he herd þe..pleint.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1889 : A burgeis of a borwe bi-side.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)635 : Þenne wonede an hermite faste bisyde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.398 : And to the nexte citee ther bisyde..they ryde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4059 : He-self was on þe feld biside To geder corn.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)673 : Þat cite þerbysyde watz sette in a vale.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)926 : Þen is a cite herbisyde, þat Segor hit hatte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3517 : Þe fame of hem gan anoon atteyne To þe eris of þe quene Eleyne, Niȝe besyde in þat regioun.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5619 : That men shull hym beren..To som maysondew biside.
- a1425 LChart.Chr.C (Roy 17.C.17)189 : Be-syde I stod & saw all þis.
- (1438-9) EEWills130/4 : Paryschirches yn the Cuntre by sidys.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)842 : Here es a teraunt besyde, that tourmentez thi pople.
- a1450(c1400-25) Legat Serm.PD (Wor F.10)12/75 : His modur stode be-sedis.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)136.218 (v.2:p.370) : Alle men whiche stood bysydyn maruayld.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)20/34 : There besydes were eyght knyghtes that aspyed hem.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)111/2 : Here besydys ys an ermytaige.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)354/24 : Sir Bendelayne rode forth to his castell there besyde, and there dyed.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)55/109 : Whan pore men passe and go be-syde.
- a1500 Platearius CInstans (Cmb Ee.1.13)6/1 : Such fumus [i.e., mercury vapor] beth perelus to hem þat stondit besides, for þey woliþ resolue here synewis and make hem fall into þe pallsy.
3.
(a) To one side, aside; away; blenchen ~, to dodge; flen, gon ~, run away, escape; avoid; leien, putten, setten ~, put or set aside, dismiss; leven ~, leave alone, shun; sheden ~, spill over the sides (of a spoon); (b) gon ~, go astray; ?miss an opportunity, go or do without.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)26011 : Arthur teh bi-side.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)477 : Þe heminges..He schar and layd bi side.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2779 : Bitvene þe hauberk and side Þe dart þurch out ran. Tristrem bleynt bi side.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1993 : Al it passeth thurgh myn Ere..And is foryete and leid beside.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4458 : Him were betre go besyde.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5699 : Þe remenaunt þan fleiȝ..Bisiden in to a riche cite.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1781 : On haukyng wolde he ride, Or elles honte boor..The smale bestes leet he gon biside.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Luke 9.10 : He took hem, and wente bisidis in to a desert.
- a1425(?a1400) Penny (Glb E.9)87 : He..sal haue his will..when oþer er set byside.
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)p.33 : Lust and lykyng I sette be syde.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)1148 : The jugges..thike two women token beside, and of hem axeden..ȝif [etc.].
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)16005 : Thanne lay the Sege x Myles be-syde.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)710 : But if thow helpe..And yeve us grase, all sloughte to leve bysyde.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1221 : Lamydon at the laste lokit besyde.
- c1450 Lydg.SPuer(1) (Lamb 853)60 : Fille not þi spoon lest in þe cariage It scheede bi side, it were not commendable.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)45/4 : All þis I ley be-side.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)301/4 : The knyght..prayde hym to ryde with hym to his castell there a lytyll besyde.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)69 : Þe synnar..mendiþ nout..if þe prest putt him be syd til þat he be mendid.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)321/515 : When that he put besyde the stone, we quoke for ferd.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2862 : Som man..hath thing that mai him plese..Where as I faile and go beside.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2428 : Wel is him whom god wol helpe..Which elles scholde go beside.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1416 : He is as boold to renne agayn a stoon As for to goon bisides in the weye.
4.
In addition, besides, moreover; ek ~.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5498 : Heo letten forð bi-siden [Otho: bi-side] an oþer folc riden, ten þusend kempen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12281 : Bisiden heo gunnen heongen cniues swiðe longe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)24411 : Þer weoren bisides fiftene biscopes.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2053 : Of þe lond of france, & of oþer lond bi syde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.801 : Hem nedeth..Of strange londes help beside.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.60 : And yit get hire a thank beside.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.416 : Noght oonly of Saluces in the toun Publissed was the bountee of hir name, But eek bisyde in many a regioun.
- (a1500) Stonor2.32 : A bed shete and a lytyll clothe þt I yave here bysyde, to make here chambre better.
5.
(a) Of time: near; (b) of rank: on a level, equal.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)44 : Bisyde is þe day of perdicioun.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)126 : Hi yelt..loue to ham þet byeþ bezide, grace to ham þet byeþ beneþe.