therebesideadv.
Now only archaic and poetic.
By the side of that; next to that; near by.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > near that place
there-nigh971
therenextOE
therebyc1220
therebesidea1250
therebesides1470
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 25 Þo stod on old stoc þar biside.
13.. in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1875) 91 He hedde þer is asse an is oxe, iteiȝed þer biside In a cracche.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) iii. 9 Þare be syde es a fayre place ordaynd for iustyng.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ii. xvi. 94 Ther besyde satte a fayr knyght on the ground.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 339 When I stood therebeside Methought its likeness ever would abide Within my mind.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > near that place
there-nigh971
therenextOE
therebyc1220
therebesidea1250
therebesides1470
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. x. 48 There bysydes were viij knyghtes that aspyed them.
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