thereawayadv.
/ˈðɛːrəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈðɛrəweɪ/, Scottish English /ˈθerəwe/ Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect.† 1. Of motion: Away thither, or in that direction. hereaway, thereaway: see hereaway thereaway at hereaway adv. 2. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in that direction
thereawayc1400
up-along1959
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) v. 15 Schippes..commes þer away for to fraght þam with þat salt.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5102 Þare away to fare.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) x. 32 For giff the king held thar a-way [1487 St. John's Cambr. held that way], He thocht he suld sone wencussyt be.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. i. f. iiv The more they are holden vnder and turmoyled hereawaye and thereawaye, so muche more they come forwarde.
?1565 Smyth that forged New Dame sig. A.i v Our lorde came there away.
1601 in Foley Rec. Eng. Prov. S. J. (1880) VI. 735 For such English as come thereaway to Loreto.
1724 Guthrie's Christian's Great Interest (rev. ed.) ii. vi. 207 Confirming the same by many mighty Works in Scripture tending there-away [earlier eds.: there-to].
1793 R. Burns in G. Thomson Sel. Coll. Orig. Sc. Airs I. i. 2 Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie, Here awa, there awa, haud awa hame.
2. Of situation: Away in that direction or region; in those parts; thereabouts.
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the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in a direction
down along1525
thereaway1551
up-alonga1552
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > thereabouts
thereabouta925
thereaboutsc1400
thereaway1551
thereaways1575
thereaway-abouts1839
there or (and) thereabouts1890
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Piiv There be fewe warres there awaye, wherin is not a greate numbre of them in bothe partyes.
c1670 W. Penn Let. in Life in Wks. (1726) I. App. iii. 156 Among the Carnal and Historical Christians there-away.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 154 All evil comes out o' thereaway..and we'll e'en away there.
1840 C. Fox Mem. Old Friends (1882) 60 The Duke of Wellington..in some mighty action thereaway showed his wondrous power in animating masses.
3. Somewhere about that (number, amount, age, etc.); = thereabouts adv. 2.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb]
somec888
aboutOE
thereabouts1413
thereabout1534
thereby1563
nearabout1567
thereupona1676
thereaway1815
nearabouts1834
somewheres1859
let us say1863
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 6 The three miles..extended themselves into ‘four miles or there awa’.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xi. 247 Swaggering about the country..for five or six months, or thereaway.
1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 328 An old batchelor of fifty-five, or there-away.
1862 Mrs. Grote Coll. Papers 261 A hundred thousand pounds or there-away.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > thereabouts
thereabouta925
thereaboutsc1400
thereaway1551
thereaways1575
thereaway-abouts1839
there or (and) thereabouts1890
1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xxii. 277 The martyrs had been buried there-away-abouts.
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