hereofadv.
/hɪərˈɒv/ 1. Of this; concerning this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
hereofc1050
herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
thereanenta1400
thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 317/39 Þehe sum þing herof undergyte.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Her of seid seint Iohan..in apocalipsi.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 35 We schulen þah sone her efter speoken her of ma.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. viii. 54 To pursyewe the distynccyon herof.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 711 What sholde I mo ensamples her of sayn?
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Aiiij Ye Printer hereof..prouoked me firste hereunto.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 206 The Spaniards, departed..on Tuesday the 16 hereof.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 144 The twiggs hereof are Physick [etc.].
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 140. ⁋2 Upon the Receipt hereof.
1870 F. W. H. Myers Poems (1875) 47 Thinking hereof I wot not.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adverb] > from which source or origin
whennec888
thennec897
hereofc1200
whereof?c1225
thereofc1230
wherehenc1475
thereoutc1480
there-whynec1485
here-hence1526
therehence1528
hereout1541
hence1551
whereout1569
herefrom1594
hencefrom1596
thence1652
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 131 Seint iohan..com into þis wreche woreld..her-offe at his ende wurþliche wende.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 265 As þys kyng herof awoc.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 360 What preest shulde not be paied herof?
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. vi. 177 A more harde questyon..dependeth here of.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 86 Hereof..began the first occasion of the order of the Garter.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. 3 What will reasonablie insue hereof?
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