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Old English · adverb

þæder

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈθæ.der/
Syllables
ˈθæ · der (2 syllables)
Modern English
therethither

Meaning

  1. there (to that place)

    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. 992, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

Descendants

thither

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