whereso, adv., conj. arch.
(ˈhwɛəsəʊ)
[ME. wh{aedotab}r swa, se, representing OE. swá hwǽr swá: see where and so adv. 17 d; Ormin's form whærs is influenced by ON. hvars = hvar where + es rel. particle.]
1. = wherever 2, 5.
| 1154 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1137 War sæ me tuede þe erthe ne bar nan corn. c 1200 Ormin 1574, & whærs itt iss. Ibid. 4874, & whærse icc amm bitwenenn menn Icc hutedd amm & þutedd. c 1205 Lay. 9202 Ah whære swa he fonde enne gume: þe of Rome weore hider icumen, he lette smiten him of þet hæfde. c 1300 Havelok 1349 Þou maght til he aren quike, Hwore so he o worde aren. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus v. 1797 And red wher so þou be or elles songe, That þow be vnderstonde god beseche. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. vii. 99 Þenne was ich a-redy..to lacke myn neghebores, Here werkes, here wordes wher-so ich sete. c 1460 Play Sacram. 337 Syr Almyghty god mott be yow{supr} gyde And glad yow where soo ye rest. a 1542 Wyatt How to vse the court 53 Stay him by the arme where so he walke or goo. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 18 That short reuenge the man may ouertake, Where so he be. a 1850 Rossetti Dante & Circle i. (1874) 118 Since I find not one..Whereso I be or whitherso I turn. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Par. IV. 163 Few indeed were there Who did not pray that well he still might fare Whereso he was. 1893 F. Thompson Poems, Carrier Song iv, Whereso you keep your state Heaven is pitched over you. |
2. = wherever 3.
| c 1290 Beket 1363 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 145 To spene to him and alle his ȝware-so heo euere come. a 1300 Cursor M. 1154 Quar-sa þou wendes in exile. c 1386 Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 118 Wher so yow lyst..Beren youre body in to euery place. 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. vi. 29 Ne would the Prince him euer foot forsake, Where so he went. 1600 Fairfax Tasso ix. xii, I follow thee, where so thee list to goe. 1851 Neale Med. Hymns 154 On must the faithful warrior go Whereso the Chief precedeth. |
3. = wherever 4.
| a 1225 Hwarse [see whereof 2]. c 1340 Hampole Prose Treat. 2 Whare-so I be, whare-so I sytt, what-so I doo. c 1407 Lydg. Reson & Sens. 3201 Wher so as her sort was set, The knot never was vnknet. a 1547 Surrey Poems, ‘Set me wheras the sonne’ 11 Thrawle, or at large, aliue whersoo I dwell; Sike, or in healthe. 1667 Milton P.L. xi. 722 Hee oft Frequented thir Assemblies, whereso met. 1868 Morris Earthly Par. Prol. 89 To seek your own land, whereso that may be. |
4. = where 1 b. Obs. exc. arch. rare.
| 13.. Cursor M. 8456 (Gött.) Þe kind of thinges lered he, Bath of tres and grisses fele, Quilk war þair vertus lele..Quer-so þai grew in wode or playn. 1889 ‘Mark Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xi. 130 Whereso if ye be minded..it is in the east. |