elsewhither, adv. Somewhat arch.
[f. else + whither.]
To some other place, in some other direction. Formerly also = ‘whithersoever’.
| c 1000 ælfric Gram. 38 Elleshwider, aliorsum. 1297 R. Glouc. (1724) 103 To Yrlond heo flowe aȝeyn, & elles wyder heo myȝte. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. liv. 38 He..sayd he must gone elles whyder. 1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. xxxi. 23 That they bee not haried elsewhither. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 570 Send to the towne or elsewhither to buy bread. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) III. i. i. 11 The dusty fugitives must shrink elsewhither. |