† side handadv.
Obsolete.
On one side of. Cf. sidenhand adv.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adverb] > on or at one side
sideOE
sidenhand?a1400
sidelings?a1425
sidenhands1440
sideling1543
sideway1561
side hand1577
atoneside1600
aside1610
sideways1673
sidewards1722
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. iii. f. 59/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Auon riseth at Nauesby in the borders of Northhampton shire, a little side hand of Gillesbarow.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 647 He turned his horse head vpon a sodaine, and leauing his enemies side hand of him that had him in chace, he closely stale by them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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