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thitherward, adv. (a.) arch.|ˈðɪðəwəd|
[OE. þiderweard: see thither and -ward.]
1. Towards that place; in that direction; thither.
hitherward and thitherward: see hitherward.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. i. §20 Ða he þiderweard seᵹlode. c1000ælfric Josh. x. 7 Iosue þa ferde mid his fyrde þiderweard. c1205Lay. 1662 Swiðe he fusde þider ward kene his ferde. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9183 Anon he wende þuderward wiþ vair compainie. a1300Cursor M. 9908 (Cott.) Þe man þat þider-werd [v.rr. þiþer-ward, thedir⁓ward] es fledd. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 979 Þider sal we com..If we þederward hald þe right way. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. viii. 205 This ys þe heye weye þyderwarde. 1433Rolls of Parlt. IV. 425/1 His passage from hens thither⁓ward. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lx. 208 Huon..saw a shyppe comynge thether warde. 1560Bible (Genev.) Jer. l. 5 They shal aske the waye to Zion, with their faces thetherward. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia v. 196 He..instantly made thitherward in person. 1823Scott Quentin D. viii, Were thy vocation in truth thitherward! 1884Roe Nat. Ser. Story viii, All eyes turned thitherward.
†2. On the way thither; going thither. Obs.
c1000ælfric Saints' Lives xxx. 200 Þa he ðyderweard wæs, ᵹeseah he þæt an wulf ᵹenam þæt [child]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 3 Þa wes hit cud..þet þe helind wes þider⁓ward, heo urnen on-ȝein him. a1300Cursor M. 2956 (Cott.) Þiderward þair wonnyng was. a1400Stac. Rome 242 Ȝyf þou dye dydurward, Heuenne blys shalle be þy part. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 28 He dared not to..plead his defence..in our Company and thitherward.
B. quasi-adj. Moving or directed thither. rare.
1795Southey Joan of Arc vi. 49 The sentinel, soon as he heard Thitherward footsteps,..Challenged the darkling travellers. |