A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1540, 1653
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Side, Syde, adv. [ME and e.m.E. side (Orm) far, syd (Piers Plowman) low down, OE síde.] a. Low down; towards the ground. b. Proudly, boastfully. —a. 1456 Hay II 7/4.
The worthy anciene knycht … with a lang berde and langar syde hyngand hare c1540 Lynd. Syde Taillis 26.
That euery lady of the land Suld haue hir taill so syde trailland 1653 Binning Wks. 654.
He … must lift up his garments that hang side and take a lick of every thing by the way —b. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 196.
God wait quhat I think quhen he so thra spekis And how it settis him so syde to sege of sic materis
