From that place;—used in contexts suggesting: (a) the motion of a subject away from a place; also with implied verb of motion [quot. a1325]; ther ~; (b) the separation from a place or the relocation of the object of the action; (c) a point of origin: the source of a fluid, the place where someone was born, etc.

From a specific point or place, away from a place;—used: (a) to identify a location or specify a distance; also fig.; (b) to indicate the presence or absence of a person or group of persons.

In that place, in that vicinity, there.

(a) Thus; (b) next; (c) from that topic; (d) hennes and ~, from here and there; on both sides.

As quasi-noun or pron. in prep. phrases with from ~: (a) from that place, from there; from ~ forth; from ~ wher, from the place where (sth. happens); (b) from ~ forth, from a specific location; (c) from a point of origin, from the source of a fluid, etc.; also in fig. context; (d) from that point in time; from ~ forth (fore-ward, froward); (e) from that point in a process; from ~ forth, from that section on; (f) from that group; (g) as quasi-rel. pron.: from ~ that, from which place, from where; also, in tmesis: ~ that..from.

As subordinating conj.: (a) introducing an adverbial clause: ~ that, from the place where (sb. was); (b) introducing a noun clause functioning as obj. of prep.: from ~ (that, from the place where (sb. stays), from where (darkness is).