thitherwardadv.adj.
/ˈðɪðəwəd/, U.S. /ˈθɪðərwərd/ archaic.
A. adv.† 2. On the way thither; going thither. Obsolete.
1. Towards that place; in that direction; thither.hitherward and thitherward: see hitherward adv. 1b.
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the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards that place or direction
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adverb] > towards that place
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c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §20 Ða he þiderweard seglode.
c1000 Ælfric Joshua x. 7 Iosue þa ferde mid his fyrde þiderweard.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 833 Swiðe he fusde þider-ward kene his ferde.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9183 Anon he wende þuderward wiþ vair compainie.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 979 Þider sal we com..If we þederward hald þe right way.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. viii. 205 This ys þe heye weye þyderwarde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9908 Þe man þat þider-werd [Gött. þiþer-ward, Fairf. thedir-ward] es fledd.
1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 425/1 His passage from hens thither~ward.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lx. 208 Huon..saw a shyppe comynge thether warde.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Jer. l. 5 They shal aske the waye to Zion, with their faces thetherward.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 196 He..instantly made thitherward in person.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. viii. 197 Were thy vocation in truth thitherward.
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story viii All eyes turned thitherward.
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c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxx. 200 Þa he ðyderweard wæs, geseah he þæt an wulf genam þæt [child].
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 3 Þa wes hit cud..þet þe helind wes þider~ward, heo urnen on-ȝein him.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2956 Þiderward þair wonnyng was.
a1400 Stac. Rome 242 Ȝyf þou dye dydurward, Heuenne blys shalle be þy part.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 28 He dared not to..plead his defence..in our Company and thither-ward.
B. adj.
Moving or directed thither. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > moving in that direction
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1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi. 49 The sentinel, soon as he heard Thitherward footsteps,..Challenged the darkling travellers.
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