ˈwhitherso, adv. arch.
[ME. hwiderse, repr. OE. swá hwider swá: see so adv. 17 d.]
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| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. viii. 19 Quocumque ieris, sua huider ðu færes [Rushw. hwider swa]. c 1205 Lay. 18969 Faren þu scalt bi ræde wuder swa ich þe læde. c 1230 Hali Meid. 31 Ha gað eauer nest godd, hwiderse he turneð. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4163 Hii ne miȝte noȝt aȝen hym do no weþer so hii wende. c 1375 Cursor M. 6359 (Fairf.) Quidder-sa he welk here or þare Þe wandis euer wiþ him he bare. c 1425 Engl. Conq. Irel. 40 Al the englysshe-men..shold ben..frely let goo whodyrso they wold. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 381 That I haue hecht I sall hald,..Quhidder sa it gang to greif or to gawin. |
| a 1850 Rossetti Dante & Circle i. (1874) 118 Whereso I be or whitherso I turn. 1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest ix. 31 Going whitherso the wild path went. |