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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Thare-beside,) Thar-besyd(e, There-besyd, adv. [ME and e.m.E. þar biside (a1250), þer biside (14th c.), þare be syde (c1400), ther besyde (1470-85).] Beside that place, nearby; by the side of that. —c1420 Wynt. viii 2914.
Till Lochmabane than come thai … Sa fell it … That at Dwnfres rycht there besyd [C. thar besyde] Schyre Jhon the Cwmyne his duellyng made c1515 Asl. MS I 305/13.
Ther is the fourt flude flowing fra paradys callit Nylus … Thar besyd is the gret cite Thebaida
