wheresoadv.conj.
/ˈhwɛːsəʊ/ archaic.
1. = wherever adv. and conj. 2, 5.
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the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > anywhere > wherever
whithersoc950
whereso1154
wheresomec1175
wheresoc1340
whereverc1384
wheresoevera1400
wheresomevera1400
wheresoever1561
whithersoever1583
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > in any case > in the case or circumstances in which
whereso1154
whenc1175
wheresoevera1400
wherevera1616
whenas1904
1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1137 War sæ me tuede þe erthe ne bar nan corn.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4874 & whær se icc amm bitwenenn menn Icc hutedd amm. & þutedd.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1574 & whær sitt iss.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4590 Ah whære-swa [c1300 Otho war] he fonde enne gume þe of Rome weore hider icumen. he lette smiten him of þat hæfde.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1349 Þou maght til he aren quike, Hwore so he o worde aren.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1797 And red wher so þou be or elles songe, That þow be vnderstonde god beseche.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 99 Þenne was ich a-redy..to lacke myn neghebores, Here werkes, here wordes wher-so ich sete.
c1460 Play Sacram. 337 Syr Almyghty god mott be yowr gyde And glad yow where soo ye rest.
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) cvii. 53 Stay him by the arme where so he walke or goo.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. Nv That short reuenge the man may ouertake, Where so he be.
1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante in Early Ital. Poets ii. 315 Since I find not one..Whereso I be or whitherso I turn.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 163 Few indeed were there Who did not pray that well he still might fare Whereso he was.
1893 F. Thompson Carrier Song in Poems iv Whereso you keep your state Heaven is pitched over you.
2. = wherever adv. and conj. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards any place
whithersoc950
owhitherOE
whithersoeverc1230
wheresoc1290
wheresoeverc1320
wherevera1400
wheresomever1470
anywhither1517
wheretosoever1609
wheretoever1635
c1290 Beket 1363 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 145 To spene to him and alle his ȝware-so heo euere come.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1154 Quar-sa þou wendes in exile.
c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 118 Wher so yow lyst..Beren youre body in to euery place.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vi. sig. Ee Ne would the Prince him euer foot forsake, Where so he went. View more context for this quotation
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ix. xii. 161 I follow thee, where so thee list to goe.
1851 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 154 On must the faithful warrior go Whereso the Chief precedeth.
3. = wherever adv. and conj. 4.
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 12 Ach hwerse mon & mimmon liueð bi him ane..of þinges wið uten warof schonde ne come. nis naut muche strengðe.]
c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 2 Whare-so I be, whare-so I sytt, what-so I doo.
c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 3201 Wher so as her sort was set, The knot never was vnknet.
a1547 Earl of Surrey Set me wheras the Sonne in Poems 11 Thrawle, or at large, aliue whersoo I dwell; Sike, or in healthe.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 722 Hee oft Frequented thir Assemblies, whereso met. View more context for this quotation
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise Prol. 89 To seek your own land, whereso that may be.
4. = where adv. and conj. 1b. Obsolete exc. archaic. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there > at what place?
wherec825
whereverc1275
wheresoa1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 8456 Of tres and grisses fele, Quilk war þair vertus lele..Quer-so þai grew in wode or playn.
1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xi. 130 Whereso if ye be minded..it is in the east.
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