Dictionary

thitherward en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈðɪðəwəd/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old English þiderweard, equivalent to thither + -ward.

Meanings

1. (archaic, not-comparable) Toward that place.
   • No more he spake, / But thitherward forthright his ready way did make. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
   • The poor woman, who was well aware with such incumbrances she could do nothing with visitors of their rank, eagerly presented a letter from the castle, which had been waiting almost a week, and their horses' heads were in a few minutes turned thitherward, a boy being dispatched from the farm by a near road, to announce their arrival. 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 263:
   • They saw a maid who thitherward did run, / To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve. a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

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Translations (1)

sv ditåt (Translations)