† wide-where, adv. Obs. or rare arch.
Also as two words. Also 4 wyden where.
[f. wide (widen) adv. + where adv. Cf. ON. v{iacu}ðast hvar in most places, mostly.]
In or to various places, over a wide region, widely, far and wide; in or to a distant place, far away.
| 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.), Þæræfter comen feale tacne widehwear on Englaland. c 1200 Ormin 8943 Witt hafenn sohht te widewhar icc & ti faderr baþe. 13.. Northern Passion (1913) I. 1242 b As pilate stod be him thore His þouht was ful wide whore. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. ix. 53 Þus I wente wyden where [v.rr. wyde where, wide whare] Dowel to seche. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints viii. (Philepus) 5 Quhene he had..goddis worde prechit wyd-quhare. c 1386 Chaucer Man of Law's T. 38 In Surrye whilom dwelte a compaignye Of chapmen..That wyde where senten hir spicerye. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 98 The feith of oure lord crist spredde wydewhere day be day. 1470–85 Malory Arthur iv. ii. 340 My name is sir kay the seneschal that wyde where is knowen. 1513 Douglas æneis vii. iii. 5 The fame thairof walkis full couth Our all the citeis of Italy wydequhair. 16.. Sir Lambewell 6 in Percy Folio MS. (1867) I. 144 With him he had many an heire As he had else many a whide where; Of his round table they were Knights all. 1906 C. M. Doughty in Academy 5 May 425/2 Fair champaign Which flower of broom gilds widewhere. |