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whereso, adv., conj. arch.|ˈhwɛəsəʊ|
[ME. whæ̇r swa, se, representing OE. swá hwǽr swá: see where and so adv. 17 d; Ormin's form whærs is influenced by ON. hvars = hvar where + es rel. particle.]
1. = wherever 2, 5.
1154O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1137 War sæ me tuede þe erthe ne bar nan corn. c1200Ormin 1574, & whærs itt iss. Ibid. 4874, & whærse icc amm bitwenenn menn Icc hutedd amm & þutedd. c1205Lay. 9202 Ah whære swa he fonde enne gume: þe of Rome weore hider icumen, he lette smiten him of þet hæfde. c1300Havelok 1349 Þou maght til he aren quike, Hwore so he o worde aren. c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 1797 And red wher so þou be or elles songe, That þow be vnderstonde god beseche. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vii. 99 Þenne was ich a-redy..to lacke myn neghebores, Here werkes, here wordes wher-so ich sete. c1460Play Sacram. 337 Syr Almyghty god mott be yowr gyde And glad yow where soo ye rest. a1542Wyatt How to vse the court 53 Stay him by the arme where so he walke or goo. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 18 That short reuenge the man may ouertake, Where so he be. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circle i. (1874) 118 Since I find not one..Whereso I be or whitherso I turn. 1870W. Morris Earthly Par. IV. 163 Few indeed were there Who did not pray that well he still might fare Whereso he was. 1893F. Thompson Poems, Carrier Song iv, Whereso you keep your state Heaven is pitched over you.
2. = wherever 3.
c1290Beket 1363 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 145 To spene to him and alle his ȝware-so heo euere come. a1300Cursor M. 1154 Quar-sa þou wendes in exile. c1386Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 118 Wher so yow lyst..Beren youre body in to euery place. 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. vi. 29 Ne would the Prince him euer foot forsake, Where so he went. 1600Fairfax Tasso ix. xii, I follow thee, where so thee list to goe. 1851Neale Med. Hymns 154 On must the faithful warrior go Whereso the Chief precedeth.
3. = wherever 4.
a1225Hwarse [see whereof 2]. c1340Hampole Prose Treat. 2 Whare-so I be, whare-so I sytt, what-so I doo. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 3201 Wher so as her sort was set, The knot never was vnknet. a1547Surrey Poems, ‘Set me wheras the sonne’ 11 Thrawle, or at large, aliue whersoo I dwell; Sike, or in healthe. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 722 Hee oft Frequented thir Assemblies, whereso met. 1868Morris Earthly Par. Prol. 89 To seek your own land, whereso that may be.
4. = where 1 b. Obs. exc. arch. rare.
13..Cursor M. 8456 (Gött.) Þe kind of thinges lered he, Bath of tres and grisses fele, Quilk war þair vertus lele..Quer-so þai grew in wode or playn. 1889‘Mark Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xi. 130 Whereso if ye be minded..it is in the east. |