herein, adv.
(hɪərˈɪn)
[orig. hér inne, f. hér here adv. 16 + innan, inne, adv., subseq. in, adv. and prep. Cf. MDu. hierinne, -in, Du. hierin, MHG. hier inne, Ger. hierinne, -in, Du. herind(e, heri, Sw. härinne, -in, häri.]
1. Here within, in here; in this place; in this passage, book, etc.; also, into this place.
| α c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 312 Se ylca is herinne ðe ᵹiu ær ahredde ða ᵹelyfedan cnihtas. a 1225 Ancr. R. 290 Ame dogge..hwat wultu nu herinne? c 1450 Merlin 138 He resteth in my chamber here-ynne. |
| β c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 113 Þe king of blisse wile faren herin. a 1300 Cursor M. 18434 Til adam..Be comen wit his folk here-in. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 136 Of which this letter heerein inclosed shall beare sufficient testimony. 1673 Ray Journ. Low C. 286 Heerin were many vaulted or arched walks hewn out of the Rock. 1865 Wood Homes without H. i. 20 The animal..scoops out a burrow..Herein it lies asleep all day. |
2. In this thing, matter, or case; in this fact, circumstance, or condition; in this particular.
| α a 1225 Ancr. R. 12 Herinne is religiun, & nout iþe wide hod. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 2215 Wher moost sorwe is her Inne Ther wol we first amenden and bigynne. |
| β a 1300 Cursor M. 21396 A titel sagh he [on þe cros] li, ‘Her-in sal þou ha wictori’. 1514 Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) p. xlviii, Now judge, Coridon, if herein be pleasour. 1526 Tindale John xv. 8 Heare in is my father glorified. 1590 Shakes. Com. Err. iii. i. 86 Heerein you warre against your reputation. 1710 Berkeley Princ. Hum. Knowl. §59 Herein consists the knowledge of nature. 1897 Leadam in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 153 He insists strongly that the king can be sued, herein opposing Bracton. |
† 3. quasi-n. This place.
Obs.| c 1440 Ipomydon 1877, I am, he said, lorde of hereinne. |
herein above,
herein after,
herein before = above, after, before, in this document, statute, etc. (
cf. here adv. 16), are often written as one word.
| 1590 Webbe Trav. (Arb.) 22 The citty of Ierusalem, where part of the olde Temple is yet standing..as herein after shall be shewed. 1687 Pennsylv. Archives I. 101 All and singular the premises hereinbefore mentioned. 1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 413 The illustrations hereinbefore attempted of several important scripture doctrines. 1802–12 Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) III. 404 The several species of makeshift evidence hereinabove brought to view. 1863 Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. xv. 350 In the way hereinafter prescribed. 1875 Poste Gaius ii. §115 The requisitions hereinbefore explained. |