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thither

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈðɪðə/ / /ˈθɪðə/ / /ˈðɪðɚ/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

  1. The farther, the other and more distant.

    the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife

adv

Etymology: From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

  1. To that place.

    Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither […]

    […] Eleutherius, who thinking himself concern'd, because he brought me thither […]

  2. To that point, end, or result.

    The argument tended thither.