† ˈthenceward, adv. Obs.
[f. thence adv. + -ward.]
From that direction; thence.
| c 1440 J. Capgrave St. Kath. iii. 1015 (MS. Arundel) But this noble Adryan..had blisse I-now assigned to his part, He had so moche he was ful looth thens-wart. c 1440 Alphabet of Tales 291 He delyverd þe Holi Lande oute of Saracens handis, and come fro thens-ward be Constantynople. 1600 Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 566 Whatsoever was to come, being to come from thence-ward. |