thereanentadv.
/ðɛːrəˈnɛnt/, U.S. /ˌðɛrəˈnɛnt/, Scottish English /θerəˈnɛnt/ Originally and chiefly Scottish and northern.
About, concerning, or in reference to that matter, business, etc.; relating thereto.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
hereofc1050
herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
thereanenta1400
thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 20789 Bot þar enent [Vesp. þar egain], sais Ieronim, He wil noght take þe boke on him.
1562 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 218 For satisfying of hir Hienes thairanent.
1578 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 700 Ordour to be takin thairanent with expeditioun.
1681 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1820) VIII. 243/2 According to the tenour of the respective acts of Parliament thereanent provided.
1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 243 To hear the state of this affair..and bring in an overture thereanent.
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 75 I will gage my life upon his making my words good thereanent.
1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxi. 103 The reader would not care to have my impressions thereanent.
1868 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) II. 311 The public prints of an earlier date in this year..may be consulted thereanent with propriety.
Derivatives
Hence (with adverbial genitive)† thereaˈnents adv. (also thereanentis, thereanendes) Obsolete in same sense; in quot. c1400 apparently = thereabouts adv. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
hereofc1050
herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
thereanenta1400
thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 30 It [þe Reed See] is þer anentes vi. myle brade.
1552 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 133 [We sall] leif nocht behind that lyis in our possibiliteis thairanentis.
1564 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 26 Procured the Counselles lettres theranendes.
c1568 Earl of Moray in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) 218 My Lord of Argyll..spak largely..theiranents to the Queen herself.
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