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thereof, adv. Now formal or arch.
(ðɛəˈrɒf, ðɛərɒv with shifting stress)
Forms: see there and of; also 3 þrof (trof), 5 throf.
[OE. þǽr of: see there 17 and of.]
1. Of that or it: in various current senses of of.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 196, ᵹenim þas ylcan wyrte, wyrc clyþan þærof. c1200Ormin 9867 Þa staness þatt he spacc þæroff, Þeȝȝ wærenn rihhte staness. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 253 To a rudden him ut þrof. Ibid. 265 Þat tu hauest ibeo þear ant soð hauest iseid trof. 13..Cursor M. 22722 (Cott.) Þar of wit trout he broght þam vte. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) v. 16 Men makes þeroff gude glasse. 1486Bk. St. Albans C v, Make throf .iij. pellettis. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 116 A sage persone..wyll be well ware therof. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. iii. i. 130, I..in lieu thereof, impose on thee nothing but this. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. 186, I..tooke oute thereof a iarre of oyle. 1611Bible John vi. 50 That a man may eate thereof, and not die. 1678Wanley Wond. Lit. World v. ii. §79 Having lived about fifty two years, and thereof Reigned thirty one. a1761Law Comf. Weary Pilgr. (1809) 61 But instead thereof, he was left solely to the light and spirit of this world.
b. = of it, as objective genitive.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 3 Þe lauerd haueð þar of neode. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1132 Maniman ðor of holdet litel tale. a1300Cursor M. 1287 (Cott.) Quen [he] þar of son had a sight. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 69 Þei ben consenteris & fautouris þer of. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 762 For tharof had he grete myster. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 105 To the spedy execution thereof. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. iv. i. 38 Disburse the summe, on the receit thereof. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 62 At last [he] vsurped the gouernment thereof. 1665in De Foe Plague (1840) 41 Give notice thereof to the examiner of health. 1698Tyson Anat. Opossum 3 Find out some Name, that might be most expressive thereof. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) III. 304 Nor should the heir be occupant thereof.
c. = of it, its, as possessive genitive.
Many examples in Biblical use; a few occur in the later Wycliffite version; they increase in the 16th c. versions, and become very numerous in the Rhemish and in 1611.
1388Wyclif 2 Kings ii. 12 The chare of Israel, and the charietere therof [1382 of it; Cov. and his horsmen; Genev., 1611, and R.V. and the horsemen thereof]. ― Prov. iii. 16 Lengthe of daies is in the riȝthalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof [1382 1his, 2of it]. ― Matt. ii. 16 And slowe alle the children, that weren in Bethleem, and in alle the coostis therof [1382 in alle the eendis of it; Tindale in all the costes there of; Genev., Rhem. therof; 1611 thereof; 1881 R.V. in all the borders thereof].1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. iii. 154 As little ioy you may suppose in me, That I enioy, being the Queene thereof. 1611Bible Joshua xv. 47 Vnto the riuer of Egypt and the great sea and the border thereof. [So R.V.] 1623Cockeram iii, Ignavus..He runneth up trees, and his desire is to sit there on the tops thereof. 1632Sanderson Serm. 129 Esay, speaking of Christ and his kingdome, and the righteousnesse thereof. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan III. 401 He tottered away to a rock as to..an altar; clung to it, as to the horns thereof. 1910Act 10 Edw. VII, c. 38 §3 The schedules..shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.
2. From or out of that, as source or origin.
c1230Hali Meid. 5 Al þat muchele lure þat ter of ariseð. 1399Rolls of Parlt. III. 451/2 So mykel harme and meschief felle therof. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) Pref. 2 Þeroff þai hafe grete solace and comforthe. c1440Pallad. on Husb. i. 5 What cam therof? 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 324 It is thought that one Caluus a poete brought it firste vp on Pompeius, & thereof the same to haue been taken vp in a prouerbe. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. v. i. 68 And thereof came it, that the man was mad. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 476 Much more good thereof shall spring. 1888Rickaby Moral Philos. i. x. 181 Better is the activity..than the pleasure which comes thereof.
†3. Answering to various obsolete uses of of: in quots. = thereat, therefor, therefrom, thereanent, etc.
a1200Vices & Virt. 29 And ðanke ðerof gode swiðe ȝierne. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 4656 Now, sir, take þerof pite. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋240 For soothly he..sholde..yeuen his body and al his herte to the seruice of Ihesu crist and ther-of doon hym hommage. 1390Gower Conf. I. 112 Gret offence He tok therof. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxix. 131 Þai meruailed þam gretely þeroff. c1400Brut ccxxv. 293 Þe lordez of eny toun..shulde ansuere to þe King þerof. c1440Alphabet of Tales 113 He þankid almighti God þeroff. c1450Godstow Reg. 424 Doyng therof seruyce as hit is I-conteyned in the Charter. c1500Melusine xxiv. 183 By my feyth, lady,..doo your wyll therof. 1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 99 If Lazarus had carried to him a pitcher of fresh water, hee should haue taken great refreshment thereof. 1669Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 276 If there be any particular that may more nearly relate to your affaires, you will be pleas'd to consider thereof.
Hence † there-ˈoffe, theˈroffe adv. [with final -e, after thereinne, etc.], in same senses.
c1400Mandeville (1839) ii. 13 He þat bereth A braunche..þereoffe. Ibid. xiv. 156 So cold þat noman may drynke þere-offe. a1461How Gd. Wif taught hir Doughter 53 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 183 Mesurely take ther offe [v.r. (Babees Bk. 36) þer-of], that the falle no blame. |