thereofadv.

/ðɛːˈrɒf//ðɛːrɒv/with shifting stress

Forms: see there adv. and of prep.; also Middle English þrof ( trof), Middle English throf1500s (graphic abbreviation) yrof.

Etymology: Old English þǽr of : see there adv. Compounds 1 and of prep.

Now formal or archaic.

a. Of that or it: in various current senses of of prep.

ΚΠ

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 196 genim þas ylcan wyrte, wyrc clyþan þærof.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9867 Þa staness þatt he spacc þær off Þeȝȝ wærenn rihhte staness.

a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 253 To a rudden him ut þrof.

a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 265 Þat tu hauest ibeo þear ant soð hauest iseid trof.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22722 Þar of wit trout he broght þam vte.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) v. 16 Men makes þeroff gude glasse.

1486 Bk. St. Albans C v Make throf .iij. pellettis.

1517 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 6 According to a dede yrof.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMiiii^v A sage persone..wyll be well ware therof.

1587 T. Saunders True Discr. Voiage Tripolie sig. Biij^v I..tooke oute thereof a iarre of Oile.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 126 I..in lewe thereof, impose on thee nothing but this.

1611 Bible (King James) John vi. 50 That a man may eate thereof, and not die.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. ii. §79. 472/1 Having lived about fifty two years, and thereof Reigned thirty one.

a1761 W. Law Comfort Weary Pilgrim (1809) 61 But instead thereof, he was left solely to the light and spirit of this world.

b. = of it, as objective genitive.

ΚΠ

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 3 Þe lauerd haueð þar of neode.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1132 Maniman ðor-of holdet litel tale.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 69 Þei ben consenteris & fautouris þer of.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1287 Quen [he] þar-of son had a sight.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 762 For tharof had he grete myster.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 105 To the spedy execution thereof.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 62 At last [he] vsurped the gouernment thereof.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 38 Disburse the summe, on the receit thereof .

1665 Orders Ld. Mayor London in D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year (1722) 49 Give knowledge thereof to the Examiner of Health.

1698 E. Tyson Carigueya 3 Find out some Name, that might be most expressive thereof.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 304 Nor should the heir be occupant thereof.

c. = of it, its adj. and pron., as possessive genitive.Many examples in Biblical use; a few occur in the later Wycliffite version; they increase in the 16th cent. versions, and become very numerous in the Rhemish and in 1611.

ΚΠ

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Kings ii. 12 The chare of Israel, and the charietere therof [1382 of it; Cov. and his horsmen; Genev., 1611, and R.V. and the horsemen thereof].

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ii. 16 And slowe alle the children, that weren in Bethleem, and in alle the coostis therof [1382 in alle the eendis of it; Tindale in all the costes there of; Genev., Rhem. therof; 1611 thereof; 1881 R.V. in all the borders thereof].

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. iii. 16 Lengthe of daies is in the riȝthalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof [1382¹his, ²of it].

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 154 As little ioy may you suppose in me, That I enioy being the Queene thereof .

1611 Bible (King James) Josh. xv. 47 Vnto the riuer of Egypt and the great sea and the border thereof.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii Ignavus..He runneth up trees, and his desire is to sit there on the tops thereof.

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 129 Esay, speaking of Christ and his kingdome, and the righteousnesse thereof.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 401 He tottered away to a rock as to..an altar; clung to it, as to the horns thereof.

1910 Act 10 Edward VII c. 38 §3 The schedules..shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof.

2. From or out of that, as source or origin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adverb] > from which source or origin

whennec888

thennec897

hereofc1200

whereof?c1225

thereofc1230

wherehenc1475

thereoutc1480

there-whynec1485

here-hence1526

therehence1528

hereout1541

hence1551

whereout1569

herefrom1594

hencefrom1596

thence1652

c1230 Hali Meid. 5 Al þat muchele lure þat ter of ariseð.

1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 451/2 So mykel harme and meschief felle therof.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 2 Þeroff þai hafe grete solace and comforthe.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 5 What cam therof?

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 324 It is thought that one Caluus a poete brought it firste vp on Pompeius, & thereof the same to haue been taken vp in a prouerbe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 69 And thereof came it, that the man was mad.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 476 Much more good thereof shall spring.

1888 J. Rickaby Moral Philos. i. x. 181 Better is the activity..than the pleasure which comes thereof.

†3. Answering to various obsolete uses of of prep.: in quots. = thereat adv., therefore adv. and n., therefrom adv., thereanent adv., etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there

therec888

thereata900

thereofa1200

là-bas1848

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

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because of or by reason of > because of that

thereofa1200

thereata1300

a1200 Vices & Virt. 29 And ðanke ðerof gode swiðe ȝierne.

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4656 Now, sir, take þerof pite.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋240 For soothly he..sholde..yeuen his body and al his herte to the seruice of Ihesu crist and ther-of doon hym hommage.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 112 Gret offence He tok therof.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxix. 131 Þai meruailed þam gretely þeroff.

c1400 Brut ccxxv. 293 Þe lordez of eny toun..shulde ansuere to þe King þerof.

c1440 Alphabet of Tales 113 He þankid almighti God þeroff.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 424 Doyng therof seruyce as hit is I-conteyned in the Charter.

c1500 Melusine (1895) xxiv. 183 By my feyth, lady,..doo your wyll therof.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 99 If Lazarus had carried to him a pitcher of fresh water, hee should haue taken great refreshment thereof.

1669 A. Marvell Let. 7 Oct. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 86 If there be any particular that may more nearly relate to your affaires, you will be pleas'd to consider thereof.

Derivatives

† there-ˈoffe adv. (also theˈroffe) [with final -e, after thereinne adv., etc.] Obsolete in same senses.

ΚΠ

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ii. 13 He þat bereth A braunche..þereoffe.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xiv. 156 So cold þat noman may drynke þere-offe.

a1461 How Gd. Wif taught hir Doughter 53 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. I. 183 Mesurely take ther offe [v.r. (Babees Bk. 36) þer-of], that the falle no blame.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	thereof
释义	thereofadv. /ðɛːˈrɒf//ðɛːrɒv/with shifting stress Forms: see there adv. and of prep.; also Middle English þrof ( trof), Middle English throf1500s (graphic abbreviation) yrof. Etymology: Old English þǽr of : see there adv. Compounds 1 and of prep. Now formal or archaic. 1. a. Of that or it: in various current senses of of prep. ΚΠ c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 196 genim þas ylcan wyrte, wyrc clyþan þærof. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9867 Þa staness þatt he spacc þær off Þeȝȝ wærenn rihhte staness. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 253 To a rudden him ut þrof. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 265 Þat tu hauest ibeo þear ant soð hauest iseid trof. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22722 Þar of wit trout he broght þam vte. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) v. 16 Men makes þeroff gude glasse. 1486 Bk. St. Albans C v Make throf .iij. pellettis. 1517 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 6 According to a dede yrof. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMiiii^v A sage persone..wyll be well ware therof. 1587 T. Saunders True Discr. Voiage Tripolie sig. Biij^v I..tooke oute thereof a iarre of Oile. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 126 I..in lewe thereof, impose on thee nothing but this. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) John vi. 50 That a man may eate thereof, and not die. View more context for this quotation 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. ii. §79. 472/1 Having lived about fifty two years, and thereof Reigned thirty one. a1761 W. Law Comfort Weary Pilgrim (1809) 61 But instead thereof, he was left solely to the light and spirit of this world. b. = of it, as objective genitive. ΚΠ c1175 Lamb. Hom. 3 Þe lauerd haueð þar of neode. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1132 Maniman ðor-of holdet litel tale. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 69 Þei ben consenteris & fautouris þer of. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1287 Quen [he] þar-of son had a sight. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 762 For tharof had he grete myster. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 105 To the spedy execution thereof. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 62 At last [he] vsurped the gouernment thereof. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 38 Disburse the summe, on the receit thereof . View more context for this quotation 1665 Orders Ld. Mayor London in D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year (1722) 49 Give knowledge thereof to the Examiner of Health. 1698 E. Tyson Carigueya 3 Find out some Name, that might be most expressive thereof. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 304 Nor should the heir be occupant thereof. c. = of it, its adj. and pron., as possessive genitive.Many examples in Biblical use; a few occur in the later Wycliffite version; they increase in the 16th cent. versions, and become very numerous in the Rhemish and in 1611. ΚΠ 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 2 Kings ii. 12 The chare of Israel, and the charietere therof [1382 of it; Cov. and his horsmen; Genev., 1611, and R.V. and the horsemen thereof]. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ii. 16 And slowe alle the children, that weren in Bethleem, and in alle the coostis therof [1382 in alle the eendis of it; Tindale in all the costes there of; Genev., Rhem. therof; 1611 thereof; 1881 R.V. in all the borders thereof]. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. iii. 16 Lengthe of daies is in the riȝthalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof [1382¹his, ²of it]. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 154 As little ioy may you suppose in me, That I enioy being the Queene thereof . View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Josh. xv. 47 Vnto the riuer of Egypt and the great sea and the border thereof. View more context for this quotation 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii Ignavus..He runneth up trees, and his desire is to sit there on the tops thereof. 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 129 Esay, speaking of Christ and his kingdome, and the righteousnesse thereof. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 401 He tottered away to a rock as to..an altar; clung to it, as to the horns thereof. 1910 Act 10 Edward VII c. 38 §3 The schedules..shall be deemed to be part of this Act in the same manner as if they had been contained in the body thereof. 2. From or out of that, as source or origin. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adverb] > from which source or origin whennec888 thennec897 hereofc1200 whereof?c1225 thereofc1230 wherehenc1475 thereoutc1480 there-whynec1485 here-hence1526 therehence1528 hereout1541 hence1551 whereout1569 herefrom1594 hencefrom1596 thence1652 c1230 Hali Meid. 5 Al þat muchele lure þat ter of ariseð. 1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 451/2 So mykel harme and meschief felle therof. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 2 Þeroff þai hafe grete solace and comforthe. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 5 What cam therof? 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 324 It is thought that one Caluus a poete brought it firste vp on Pompeius, & thereof the same to haue been taken vp in a prouerbe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 69 And thereof came it, that the man was mad. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 476 Much more good thereof shall spring. View more context for this quotation 1888 J. Rickaby Moral Philos. i. x. 181 Better is the activity..than the pleasure which comes thereof. †3. Answering to various obsolete uses of of prep.: in quots. = thereat adv., therefore adv. and n., therefrom adv., thereanent adv., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there therec888 thereata900 thereofa1200 là-bas1848 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 the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because of or by reason of > because of that thereofa1200 thereata1300 a1200 Vices & Virt. 29 And ðanke ðerof gode swiðe ȝierne. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4656 Now, sir, take þerof pite. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋240 For soothly he..sholde..yeuen his body and al his herte to the seruice of Ihesu crist and ther-of doon hym hommage. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 112 Gret offence He tok therof. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxix. 131 Þai meruailed þam gretely þeroff. c1400 Brut ccxxv. 293 Þe lordez of eny toun..shulde ansuere to þe King þerof. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 113 He þankid almighti God þeroff. c1450 Godstow Reg. 424 Doyng therof seruyce as hit is I-conteyned in the Charter. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxiv. 183 By my feyth, lady,..doo your wyll therof. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 99 If Lazarus had carried to him a pitcher of fresh water, hee should haue taken great refreshment thereof. 1669 A. Marvell Let. 7 Oct. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 86 If there be any particular that may more nearly relate to your affaires, you will be pleas'd to consider thereof. Derivatives † there-ˈoffe adv. (also theˈroffe) [with final -e, after thereinne adv., etc.] Obsolete in same senses. ΚΠ c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ii. 13 He þat bereth A braunche..þereoffe. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xiv. 156 So cold þat noman may drynke þere-offe. a1461 How Gd. Wif taught hir Doughter 53 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. I. 183 Mesurely take ther offe [v.r. (Babees Bk. 36) þer-of], that the falle no blame. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1000
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