hither
/ˈhɪðə
/adverb archaic or literary
To or towards this place: I little knew then that such calamity would summon me hither!...
- She says, ‘Come hither’, but when I get hither she is yon.
- A disinterested electorate is easily led hither or yon
- She tossed her mane a bit hither and then a bit yonder.
adjective archaic
Situated on this side: the hither side of Severn...
- Once in the house of custom, on the hither side of the cutting edge, as it were, the scene appears upside down, turned on its head.
- In her second appearance, on ‘the hither bank,’ the woman is ‘to all important’ a critique often directed at Marsden by her detractors and by Joyce's contemporaries.
Phrases
hither and thither (also hither and yon)
Origin
Old English hider, of Germanic origin; related to he and here.