þæder

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

þæder

  1. there (to that place)
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
      Hē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.
      Then he got up safe and sound, as if woken from sleep, and began to wonder how he got there.
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33
      Lā bearn, nū gȳt ic eom ġehwǣde tīd mid ēow. Ġē mē sēceað; and swā ic þām Iudeon sǣde, Ġē ne magon faran þyder þe ic fare; and nū ic ēow secge.
      O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go there which I go; and now I tell you.

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: thider