Middle English Dictionary Entry
ọ̄̆ther-what pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | ọ̄̆ther-what pron. |
| Etymology | From ọ̄̆ther adj. & what pron.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Something else; something different or additional, other things; anything else; (b) ~ so, whatever else; som ~, something else, anything else.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9729 : Toc Johan wiþþ hemm Full bitterrliȝ to mælenn, To shæwenn hemm þatt heore lif Wass Drihhtin full unncweme; & ȝet wass oþerrwhatt forrwhi Þeȝȝ wærenn Drihhtin laþe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)10/21 : Me schal makie strengðe of annesse of claðes & of oþer hwet of uttre þinges.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)52/5 : Ha went in hire þoht ofte swucche wordes, hwen ha schulde oðerhwet ȝeornliche ȝemen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)220/4 : Bitweone mel ne gruchesi ȝe nawt, nowðer frut ne oðerhwet.
- c1300 SLeg.Lucy (LdMisc 108)137 : Ore fare nis nouȝt; oþur-ȝwat we moten do; With oþer þing we schullen hire to nauȝte bringue.
- c1425 PNoster R.Hermit (Sid 74)157 : Suche playe in þis faucun & confort he fonde, þat in oþerwhat, lykyng hade he non.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)38/12 : He wole hem cloþe & fede & oþerwhat [vrr. many moo oþer þinges, al oþere þing] hem ȝyue þat hem nede is.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)46/33 : Wel þou art holden to loue hym of þat vertu, of grace, & oþerwhat þat he þee ȝyueþ, what so euer it be.
- c1450 Mirk IPP (Dc 60)1819 : On oþer what [Cld: Ȝef hyt falle on sum oþer what].
b
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)1819 : Ȝef hyt [the blood of Christ] falle on sum oþer what, Tabul or ston, vrþe or mat, Lyk hyt vp clene.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)6/26 : Whanne þou þi preier makist or oþerwhat so þou doist þat may be God to queme..lifte vp þi riȝt hand & croys þee.