adv. Now only arch. and poet. [Orig. two words: see THERE 17, BESIDE prep.] By the side of that; next to that; near by.

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a. 1250.  Owl & Night., 25. Þo stod on old stoc þar biside.

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13[?].  in Horstmann, Altengl. Leg. (1875), 91. He hedde þer is asse an is oxe, iteiȝed þer biside In a cracche.

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c. 1400.  Maundev. (Roxb.), iii. 9. Þare be syde es a fayre place ordaynd for iustyng.

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1470–85.  Malory, Arthur, II. xvi. 94. Ther besyde satte a fayr knyght on the ground.

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1870.  Morris, Earthly Par., III. IV. 339. When I stood therebeside Methought its likeness ever would abide Within my mind.

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  So † Therebesides adv., in same sense.

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1470–85.  Malory, Arthur, I. x. 48. There bysydes were viij knyghtes that aspyed them.

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