whithersoadv.
archaic.a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 118 Whereso I be or whitherso I turn.1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest ix. 31 Going whitherso the wild path went.
= whithersoever adv.
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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
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > anywhere > wherever
whithersoc950
whereso1154
wheresomec1175
wheresoc1340
whereverc1384
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wheresoever1561
whithersoever1583
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. viii. 19 Quocumque ieris, sua huider ðu færes [Rushw. hwider swa].
c1230 Hali Meid. 31 Ha gað eauer nest godd, hwiderse he turneð.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9465 Faren þu scalt bi ræde wuder-swa ich þe læde.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4163 Hii ne miȝte noȝt aȝen hym do no weþer so hii wende.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6359 Quidder-sa he welk here or þare þe wandis euer wiþ him he bare.
c1425 Engl. Conquest Ireland (1896) 40 Al the englysshe-men..shold ben..frely let goo whodyrso they wold.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 383 That I haue hecht I sall hald,..Quhidder sa it gang to greif or to gawin.
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