† sidenhand, adv. Obs.
Also 5 sydnandys.
[f. OE. s{iacu}dan, gen. sing. of s{iacu}de side n.1 + hand n.]
Aside; on one side of.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5019 Cesar conseilled wiþ Androche, Þat he wolde come out of þe cite, And turne a sidenhand o valeye. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 455/1 Sydnandys, or a-syde, oblique. 1538 Leland Itin. (1907) I. 9 The hedde of Avon Ryver risethe a litle sidenhand [printed -ham] of Gilesborow village, and cummith by it there first receyving a botom. [Cf. side-hand under side n.1 27.] |