Middle English Dictionary Entry
thē̆r adv.
Entry Info
Forms | thē̆r adv. Also ther(r)e, their, thir, thar(e, thor(e, yr, (late) theare, (chiefly NM & EAngl.) yer, (EAngl.) der, dor, (N) thair, dare, ȝere, ȝare, yar & (chiefly early SWM) þear, (early) þær(e, ðera, þeor, þiar, (in cpd.) þr- & (chiefly after t or d) ter(e, tar(e, dar, (early) tær(e, (early SWM) tear & (?error) dere, (errors) cher, the, þe, þai. For the spellings tharre, thier, er, yaer, yair(e, yarre, yeir, yerre, yhare, yhere, yor(e see LALME 4.90-92. |
Etymology | OE þǣr, þǣra, þār, þāra, þēr, þēar, þēor, dǣr, dēr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
As dem. adv. with locative function, used to indicate essentially spatial relationships: (a) with ref. to a clearly specified place or point in space, physically removed from the setting of the action: in that place, in those places, there; also with ref. to abstract or fig. places; (b) with ref. to a concrete object or the surface or exterior of an object: on that, on it; (c) with ref. to a loosely defined or unspecified location physically removed from the setting of the action: around there, over there, yonder, there; ~ (her) and ~, nou her nou ~, all around, in various places; feinen word her and ~, fig. to beat around the bush, temporize; (d) in clauses containing verbs of motion, with ref. to a clearly specified place: to that place, to there, thither, into there; also, through it [last quot.]; also with ref. to a fig. place; also, with ref. to unspecified places: her and (or) ~, nou her nou ~, to various places, in various directions, all around; (e) in clauses containing verbs of motion, with ref. to a clearly specified place: from that place, from there, thence; also with ref. to a fig. place; also, ?with ref. to an unspecified place: from afar [quot. c1450]; her and ~, from various places; (f) with ref. to the place where the action is occurring: in that very place, in the same place, where someone or something is, on the spot; also, with verbs of motion: thither; (g) with ref. to heaven, paradise, purgatory, hell, the presence of God, the afterlife, etc. (often merely implied): in heaven, etc., there; also with ref. to the Last Judgment [difficult to distinguish from the nonlocative uses in sense 1b.]; also, with verbs of motion: to heaven, to hell, etc.; her ~, her and ~, in this life and the next; in this life and at doomsday [quot. c1230]; (h) with ref. to a text, canon of writings, pictorial representation, etc.: in that text, etc., in it, there; her and ~, in various places in a text, etc.; in bibliographic references: in the work or passage previously cited, 'op. cit.'; (i) in predications containing ben, with ref. to a place either specified or unspecified: in attendance, remaining there, present; also with ref. to an event [quot. c1300]; also, with taken: taken ~, to assume (sth.) to be there [quot. c1392]; her and ~, nou..her nou..~, present in various places; nouther ~ ne her, fig. out of one's mind, beside oneself; (j) with reduced semantic content, used as a device to advance a narrative, a metrical filler, rime-word, etc.: there.
Associated quotations
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- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1102 : Se cyng ferde & besæt þone castel..& syððan mid ealre his fyrde ferde to Brigge & þær wunode oððet he þone castel hæfde.
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1129 : Ðis ilces geares forðferde se biscop Willelm Giffard of Winceastre & þear bebyriged on viii kl. Febr.
- ?a1150 Chron.Tbr.B.1 (Tbr B.1)an.1066 : Þa com Harold Engla chinge ofer þere brigge, & hys furde forð mid hine, & þere michel wel geslogon.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)2/23 : Ða bicomen heo to..delemia; þa ifunden heo þer þrittiȝ welsprunges.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2789 : Þe laffdiȝ Marȝe comm Till Zacariȝess bottle & spacc þær wiþþ Elysabæþ.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)2/9 : Se wide him weox weorre..in..Ylirie..þet tear he etstutte.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)49/8 : A lutel ihurt iðen eie derueð more þendeð a muchel iðe hele, vor ðet fleschs is deadure ðere.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)329 : Ðe deuel..bringeð us in a sinne & ter he us sloð.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)20 : To þe hauene hi beoþ icume And þer habbeþ here in inome.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3316 : Bet us were in egipte ben, Bred and fles der we muwen sen.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1528 : Þis more rede dragoun Drof þis white fer adoun Til þai com into o valaye And þer þai gun to rest baye.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1796 : Hedde hem under an holw hok, was an huge denne..Fer it was fro weiȝes..no wiȝt of þe world wold hem þere seche.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.20 : If ye body be beriede oute of Norwich, alle ye bretheren and sisteren shul bene warnede to comen to ye forsayde chirche..ande yer shal be done for ye soule of ye dede alle seruice, light, and offeryng.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3823 : He cam to the celle Vpon the floor and there aswowne he lay.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21104 : In a cite..Of inde flexsli þer toke he fine..his bodi is birid tere.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)22980 : Oure lord of myȝt Shal com into þat vale..Þat Iosephat is nemed eer; Men wene þe doom shal be þeer.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)23.205 : Yf þow wolt beo awreke wende in-to unite, And hold þe þare euere til ich sende for þe.
- ?c1400 Cursor (Arms 57)3073 : In þat wildernes gon þei dwelle; Longe dwelled þei so þoore Til ismael was waxen more.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)4/5 : Mi scole wil i stablis to godis seruise..a stresce will I make in mendnis of ȝoure sinne, And for to yeme charite, þat þer nan iuil lares bygynne.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Pass.(Hrl 4196)63/613 : Þai come to cayfas ȝate; Saint iohn sune was laten in þore.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.49 (2nd occurrence) : Noght lyk Athenes þat many lordes had, O lord, o lawe, þere is none oþer yere.
- c1450 Form Excom.(3) (Dc 60)106/59 : We accorsen..al þat leyn here childeren at eny wey-letes or at eny chirch-dores or at eny other comyn weyes, And leveth hem ther.
- (1474) Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/2)p.3 (2/11) : I was at Geteryng feste on Sonday..for a mater that I for to doe there.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.401 : Hit was harde to take awey the sedes from þeire myndes whiche hade bene sawen þer of olde tyme.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1145 : Þair he lay with hys ledes.
- a1525(?1472) Cov.Leet Bk.375 : Þat no persone of þis Cite frohensfurth brek vp the Priours-waste..claymyng to haue comyn their for their Catell.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2997 : A palfray..glod on..þe gaynist to the bonke; There light þai full lyfely.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)5 : Yee þat lengen in londe, lordes and ooþer..þat..dere [?read: ðere] thinken to doo deedes of armes..Tend yee tytely to mee.
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- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2481 : We deme þat he be al quic slawen And siþen to þe galwes drawe[n]..And þare be writen þise leteres.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)20.82 : Aȝens that Roch they hurtelid so sore, That Alle to-borsten weren they thore.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)9/35 : When Abraham to oure Lord his sacrifice made, þe foules þeronne liȝtid & stood & it wolde haue foyled, But..ne wolde he suffre hem þere for to reste.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)201 : Þen ledis at ware lettird on lawe at his fortes [?read: feet] All þe sawis of þaire Syre as Siraphis tald, Þare gan þai graithly þam graue in golden lettirs, All þe wordis at he þaim werpid of þaire ware kynge.
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- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : He macode þær twa abbotrice, an of muneca, oðer of nunna; þet wæs eall wiðinnan Wintanceastra.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)12/3 : Bicom swa mycel fyrht on for þan eȝe þe ic þer iseah þet ic on eorþan feol.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8193 : Þær ȝedenn wiþþ þe lic..fif hunndredd þewwess To strawwenn gode gresess þær Þatt stunnkenn swiþe swete.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13713 : Wondrede ȝeond þat wald iwundede cnihtes ouer-al..beornes þer swelten, blodes at-urnen.
- ?a1300(a1250) Harrow.H.(Dgb 86)47 : Wo is þat ich here þere?
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.3 : Tho Gilbert ihurde this, he stod in grete thoȝt And feignede his word her and ther.
- a1325 SLeg.Magd.(1) (Corp-C 145)78 : Þe king com..and þe quene also A day to hore maumes þare hore sacrefise to do.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)9781 : Anoþer he schar þe side of, Þe þridde þe heued he al todrof; Þus her and tar he leyd adoun So it were a wode lyoun.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2202 : Ward was þer set wide-wher aboute.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1883 : Noe..Lete vte a rauen, and forth he flou, Flou vp and don, soght here and tare A sted to sitte a-pon sunquare.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)21531 : Quen he right depe had doluen dare..He fand tua croices.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)prol.65 : Þere prechide a pardoner as he a prest were.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2553 : He woundeþ, sleþ, kylleþ, & bereth doun—Now here, now þere—in a lytel þrowe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.240 : The wylde bole bygynneth sprynge Now her, now ther, idarted to the herte.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)1238 : He cried breme als bore, Wiche of ȝow foure es Mayster thore?
- c1450 NPass.(Cmb Ii.4.9)136/1322 : The [read: Þre] manyr of trees for soth þer were þat waxen Alle to gedyr ȝere.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2002 : How he was begilid, þurh-out al the town Þer & þer a coupill gon to speke, & to roune.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)650 : Few placys now þer be But onclennes we xall þer see.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)1813 : Fisches þat swymmeþ here and þore, In water slepe þei neuere more?
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- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)83/14 : Þa blissode Adam & eall his ofspryng, þa com þær stefne swylce þunreslege.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/22 : He forþy bed hine þet he ðer come.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7585 : Þatt lac þatt tær wass brohht wiþþ himm Wass tweȝȝenn cullfre briddess.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)99/31 : Ne muȝen hie ðar habben non infare.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14910 : Alle ut wenden þa þer [Otho: þider] icumen weoren.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)863 : To lincolne barfot he yede. Hwan he kam þe [read: þer], he was ful wil.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)168 : Þe wind..Vp of þe erþe ofte comþ..& bere vp grete cloþes..& bloue hom here & þere.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)9389 : Þe stede him bar here and tere.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.802 : He sholde putte and crowde hir fro the lond And charge hire that she neuere eft come there.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.569 : Now hier now ther, now to now fro, Now up now down, this world goth so.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)6359 : Quar-sua he walked, here or þare, þa wandis ay wid him he bare.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)16/397 : Als sone als he entrid þore, Þe oyle sprang.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)76/9 : Þe remenaunt of þam fledd here and thare in þe woddez.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)102/3060 : Myn eyen fast they loken here and thare.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)329 : All cum þey not thore..I xall tempte hem so sorre.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)71 : He herd al the houshold as in suche a busynes evene moeved, and to tho thynges whiche..wern necessary here and ther ran and arraied.
- 1607 Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)477/320 : This gate shall no man open, iwis, for God will come and goe by this..none shall come there but hee.
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- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Þa utlaga..Clumben upp to þe stepel; brohton dune þet hæcce..hi namen þære twa gildene scrines.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/3 : Ða..asprong þær fyr on ðreo healfe ðæs treowæs.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)221 : Hi efre beoð ymbe þat an hu hi mugon god hihersamian..Swa michte æac þe oðre þe þer fellon don.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)149 : Reuþe..haueð þe Mon þet isich his emcristene in sunne bi-falle oðer mid sicnesse bi-gan and ne mei buten helpe þer cume.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12651 : Folc þer com sone to þere burh of Rome.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1485 : An þat he for leose þat þer hongeþ Þat him eft þarto noȝt ne longeþ.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)668 : Ðo wurðen he frigti and a-grisen, For dor was sundri speches risen.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)139 : Roȝ rakkes þer ros with rudnyng an-vnde.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)87b/a : Ȝif þat þe blode passe out in dyuerse places here & þere, sowe þe wounde.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)203/6049 : When þe hert causith the eyen flee, And there biholde þe hert to loue as ryve, The offence of bothe dissent on my parte.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)2974 : Trust not Geomancye, that supersticious arte, For god made reason, which yer is sett a-parte.
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- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)27/11 : Þa þa heo oncneow Petrus stemne, ne mihte heo for þære blisse þa dure geopenigen, ac gecerde ongean, & sæde þæt Petrus þær stode.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)908 : Mikell ned wass himm þatt Godd Þa belless herrde ringenn, Þatt he ne felle þære dæd Þurrh Godess wraþþe.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)33/334 : Hit is þe stronge vnwiht þe stont ter of helle.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)360 : Heo was arise are ich were; Ich wende hire habbe ifunde þere.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)19/298 : He wende þat horn hit were þat heo hauede þere.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)337 : Sum [fruit] ghe ðer at, and sum ghe nam, And bar it to hire fere adam.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)18/188-9 : Þai..sayd þai wold þere abide & dye þer euerichon.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1306 : He..freyned hem swiþe ȝif þei wold of hem holly halde alle here londes..alle anon riȝtes þere omage him dede.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2068 : Vp the streng he pulled to his ere And with an arwe he slow the child right there.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2173 : He seȝ non suche in no syde..Saue a lyttel on a launde..A balȝ berȝ bi a bonke þe brymme by-syde, Bi a forz of a flode þat ferked þare.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1310 : Polymyte..cruelly gan tydinges enquere Whennys he cam or what he dede there.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1064 : A messangere went for to telle Þat þare come þe kyng of Iraelle Wyth a full riche naue.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)113/379 : Þou schalt do oft til þe fyke falle awey him-self; And when he is falle awey, ȝif so be þat an-oþer wol come vp þer aȝen, þou schalt do þus.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.1617 : If a penne be broke in the caue, take another penne like the same and sewe here with a nedyl þer.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2401 : Hys lyf þere was lorn.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3793 : He kyste hym cheke and chynne And an abbyte there dyd hym vpon.
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- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)3/4 : God þa hine gebrohte on neorxene wange, & hine þær gelogode.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)72/21 : Biter byð þæs dæges stæmne; þær byð se strange gedrefod.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.2 Quadr.(Bod 343)52/28 : Be þare stowe þe Hælend cwæð..Þer biþ eaȝene wop & toðane grisbatung.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.2 Quadr.(Bod 343)58/13 : Þær habbæð alle haliȝe fulfremede lufe & fulfremedne wille mid Fæder, & mid Sunu, & mid ðam Halȝum Gaste.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10475 : Baþe comm uss Jesu Crist To clennsenn here & tære.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)99 : Doule swa fole..wulleð us forwreien..Al þet we misduden her ho hit wulleð kuðe þere.
- a1200 PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)165 : Ich wulle nu cumen..to þe dome..Ne sal þeih no man samie þiar.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)157/10 : Ase milde as he is nu, ase sturne þenne; lomb her, liun þer.
- ?c1250 PMor.(Eg 613(1))273 : Þo beoð nu mid him an helle, for-don & for-dempde, Bute þo þe..gunnen here gultes beten..Þeor beð naddren and snaken..þa tered and freteð þe uuele speken.
- a1300 11 Pains(1) (Jes-O 29)272 : Hwo se is wis beo ywar Þat his saule ne cume þar.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)64 : Wid ðat ligt worn angles wrogt, And in-to newe heuene brogt..God hem quuad ðor seli suriurn.
- (a1333) Herebert Soethþe mon (Add 46919)24 : Byþench, mon..Er þou boe brouht to þylke asyse, On what þou shalt truste þare.
- 1372 Als i lay vpon (Adv 18.7.21)59 : I þankid him..With al myn herte mith, Þat þis sith i sau þore.
- a1425 Here begynnes a new (Roy 17.C.17)497 : Thedere mot we all wende And thare to be withouten ende!
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3226 : Now go we hens Wytly to þe Trinite And þer schal we sone se What þat hys jugement schal be.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)65/19 : Oure lorde..luffez vs nowe als wele whiles we ere here as he schalle do when we ere thare before his blissed face.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2735 : When thei throuȝ þat fire shalle wende, Thei wene her paynes ben atte an eende, But harder payne thai shulle haue thore Than euer had thai before.
- (c1453) Let.Oxf.in OHS 35322 : We besech alle mighty god to reward you ther.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)9929 : Waryed wyȝt comyþ þer nevir.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)105/227 : God is with the, Whiche xal kepe ȝow endlesly thore.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2449 : Angelys..brouȝten hym in-to blys..Now ihesu..Graunt ous alle þerre to wone.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9867 : Þa staness þatt he spacc þæroff [read: þær off], Þeȝȝ wærenn rihhte staness.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.46 : For to magnifie The worthi princes that tho were, The bokes schewen hiere and there Wherof the world ensampled is.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9083 : Yn þe latyne þat y fonde þore, he seyþ nat 'tweluemonth', but 'euermore'.
- ?a1425 Wycl.CGosp.Luke (Cmb Kk.2.9:Hudson)25/220 : Gregor þere, and Bede here..Ambrose a litel bifore.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.230 : On Stace loketh, and þer ȝe may it rede.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2516 : Hire letter was ryght long..But here and ther in rym I have it layd.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1918 : Whoso thynke my wrytyng dulle and blount..go he..To Januense..Wythyn the fourth part of hys gramer boke, Of thys matyre there groundely may he loke.
- 1483 in James Cat.MSS Em.10 : Item, a lytyll prety maser wt a pryntt yn the bottom and ther ys dauyth wt hys harpe.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.212 : Crist seyth so hymself, Mathei vii, for, as we redyn þer, at þe dom many..schul ben dampnyd.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1776 : When ye welle vnderstonde The cause of alle colours..here & there sech hem ye ne shalle.
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- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : He..brohte heom to Burch and offrede heom eall S. Peter on an dæi & heold þa hwile þe he þær wæs.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)40/34 : Heo hine wurepan into þan wildeoran; Þær wæron seofon leon & he þær wunede six dages.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)14/10 : Alle þe þear weren, wepmen & wummen, remden of reowðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12802 : Nes he þere buten ane niht þa com him to an hende cniht.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)31/523 : Murie was þe feste Al of faire gestes, Ac Rymenhild nas noȝt þer.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1796 : Þe king..ladde him to londone..To an vrninde water þat ȝut is þer.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3928 : Now he was here, now he was tare.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1083 : In-to Inglond we schul nov go..Now we han ben her & tar.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)191/12 : He aspide þet his moder nes naȝt þer.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)93 : Þe werwolf þan went bi nose evene to þe herdes house and hastely was þare.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)20/16 : Descryue..a cercle & tak ther the eccentrik cercle of the sonne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1412 : He was nouther ther ne hiere, Bot clene out of himself aweie.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1329 : Stoupeth adoun..Putte in youre hond and looketh what is ther.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2130 : Alisaunder was wijs and war; Now he was here, now he was þar.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)1426 : God is euer þere, beþ þre oþer tweye That beþ ygaderd to speke in his name.
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)294/10 : Þe King..sente diuerse letters..certyfienge þat he wolde be þer him-self in al þe haste þat he myȝt.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)598/8 : Somon hem..that thei be there to hire that recognycion.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9)352 : Kay callut on Gauan ȝorne, Asshes quo is there.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)2714 : In þe body for euermore Woneþ the soule, if blood be thore.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13719 : Ermonia þe myld maynly was ther.
j
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1090 : Two ðor weren quam him ðogte ear To wedden his two dogtres ðear.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)132 : Florice het nime a coppe of siluer whiȝt, And a mantel of scarlet Ipaned al wiȝ meniuer, And ȝaf his hostesse þer.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)182 : Þourgh tokning of þat ilke ring Florice hadde þer god gestning Of fichss, of flessch, of tendre bred.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2629 : Ebrouns..was Williams fader, þat went þere as an hert.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)667 : Now grayþed is Gawan gay, & laȝt his launce ryȝt þore.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)485 : When he hade offred þore, As þese oþer diden bifore, Alle togeder ful mekely Wenten bifore oure Lady.
- c1450(c1400) Emare (Clg A.2)89 : He presented þe emperour..Wyth þat cloth rychyly dyght; Fulle of stones þer hyt was pyght.
1b.
As dem. adv. with various nonlocative functions, used to indicate essentially logical relationships, often with diminished force [such uses, esp. in (a), often difficult to distinguish from the locative uses in sense 1a.]: (a) with ref. to a particular sequence of actions or events, indicating a point in the chronological series: at that point, at that time, then; also, to that point, hitherto; from that point, subsequently; ?also, at the same time [quot. c1330, 2nd]; litel ~ litel ~, bit by bit, gradually; (b) with ref. to discourse: at that statement, remark, question, etc., in response, thereupon; let ben ~, to drop or change (a subject); (c) with ref. to a setting or set of circumstances: in that setting, under those circumstances, in such a situation, etc., then; (d) with ref. to a particular matter, question, issue, etc., indicating the focus of interest or concern: in that case, with regard to that, etc.; (e) with reduced semantic content, a weakened indicator of temporal or logical sequence: then; also, in riming tag: as ~.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Þa wæs Winfrid Myrcene biscop don of his biscop rice, & Saxulf abb' was þær ge coren to biscop.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)118/17 : Sanctus Petrus wæs swiðe mid þam wuldre ofercumen þe he þær iseah.
- ?c1250 PMor.(Eg 613(1))15 : Ic myhte habbe bet i-don hadde ic þer [Dgb: þo] y-selþe; nu ic wolde, ac ic ne mai, for elde ne for un-helþe.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)81 : He nimeð to kirke Or he it biðenken can..Forsaket ðore satanas & ilk sinful dede.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2890 : Hem-seluen he fetchden ðe chaf, Ðe men ðor hem to gode gaf.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1560 : His fisicians ..ȝeue him [Nero] anoþer drench to abbe child þer So þat atte laste a sori child he ber.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)103 : Erls and barouns euerichon..made Costaunce her king; And for þat he was monke þore King Moyne men cleped him euer more.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4836 : Fourti Sarraȝins and mo Þer he dede to helle go; Oþer men þat mid him were Deden nobleliche þere.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.28.10 : Whom shal he techen kunnyng..send & eft send, abijd & eft bijd..litil þere, litil þere?
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2173 : He liued aght yeir and four score; Thare his sun liued langar lijf.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)165 : Summe to Vernagu þer vouched a-vowes solemne.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)708 : I hafe done poyntes twa: Thorow þe myght of God I sall do ma, Or ells ende þer for aye!
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.524 (1st occurrence) : Ȝif that I Mete dewk Gaanor, Non Cristendom schal hym Saven thor þat I ne schal slen hym þere Anon.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)515 : Blynde also..Were delyuered..And her sight clerely þore As þai haden hade bifore.
- ?c1475 Arms Chivalry (Lnsd 285)209 : The doublet must be streightly bounde there.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)109/14 : Þou salt comande to assemble oon oste, & þore þou sall putte oon comandour & tene vicaries.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)3527 : To the grownde anon yer he felle down.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.65 : This king..Came home agayn..All forbeten, so was he corageus, That from his corps his ghoste departed thore.
b
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)3031 : Than spake Jacob for him þore: 'Al þat he haþ ydo, I wol be fore.'
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)287 : 'He schal come hom to the.' The lady sayed thare, 'Leve sire, this ilke daye Lat dyght messangers ȝare Aftir hym for to fare.'
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1360 : Now this toure Babel let we ben thore And of Synay speke we more.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)10/30 : 'That is trouthe,' saide the kynge..'I am fader to the child'; and ther he told her alle the cause how it was by Merlyns counceil.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)754 : Lybeaus answerede þar, 'Þer-of haue þou no kar.'
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2388 : The kynge Arthur Answerys thore Wordys that were kene and throo.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12033 : Ȝiff he wollde læpenn Dun off þe temmple, he munnde..Tobrisenn all himm sellfenn Butt iff þatt Godd himm hullpe þær.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)11 : For þar man ne can his muðes meðe, ne cunnen nele, ne his wombe met.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12625 : Þer is æuer-ælc swein swulc he cniht weore.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3198 : It wurð erðe-dine, and fellen ðo Fele chirches and ideles mide; Miracle it was ðat god ðor dede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)194 : So kynde and so curteys comsed he þere þat alle ledes him lovede þat loked on him ones.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)21/1 : Yef þay wyl noht amende sua, þai sal be broht by-fore þe cuuent and tare amende hir faute.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)229 : Þare deyned him na daynte 'madame' hire to call; Be-cause he knew him a kyng he carpid on þis wyse.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)13/13 : Upon Newe Yeers day the barons lete maake a justes and a tournement, that alle knyghtes that wold juste or tourneye there myght playe.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)1071 : Whi dieþ not þe body thore Or þat he lese half his blood and more?
d
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Nicod.(Bod 343)6/21 : We iseon ne maȝen hwæt þær bið ifremed on þam ifullede men.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4658 : Þa ȝeornesst tu þatt weorelldþing Onnȝæn Drihhtiness wille, & mare iss þe þæroff [read: þær off] þatt þing Þann off Drihhtiness wille.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)9/28 : Ðe selue dieuel..sade..'Ic scal bien ȝelich ðan heisten'..Ðar ðu luȝe, ðu lease dieuel.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)32/545 : Hwa se þencheð on al þis, & o mare þat ter is..ha is heardre iheortet þen adamantines stan.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1884 : Iacob..made an alter at betel Als he God bi-het; ðor he geld wel.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)17 : Childer þat ben to boke ysett..mo..ysen ȝif þai willen Þat hem no þarf neuer spillen—Auauntages þai hauen þare.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.259 : In louedayes..koude he muchel helpe For ther he was nat lyk a cloystrer.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.128 : They maked been..for office and for ese Of engendrure: ther we nat god displese.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2356 : At þe þrid þou fayled þore, & þer-for þat tappe ta þe.
- a1425 Direct.Laces in Studies Robbins (Hrl 2320)p.96 : Þere þu takest þe bowys of boþe þyn hond reuercyd, yn thys lace þu schalt take þe bowes of bothe þyn hondys vnreuerced.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)413 : Mertha plesyde Gode grettly thore..but Mar[i]a plesyde hymm moche more.
e
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7655 : An widdwe..Þatt..wass full off Haliȝ Gast..spacc þære off Crist.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)43 : Nu bi-gon paul to wepen..and mihhal..þer weop forð mid him.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)737 : Neiþer ne miȝte þere þole þat oþer deide bifore.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1780 : Smockes hadde sche and y..Y lent hir min al clen As þare.
- 1372 Als i lay vpon (Adv 18.7.21)26 : Þu wondrest..Hou a womman sulde ben þan Moder an maiden þore; & with-outen wem of man Þe child sulde ben bore.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)562 : And I hyred þe for a peny agrete, Quy bygynnez þou now to þrete? Watz not a pene þy couenaunt þore?
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)10679 : Tho he hurte hym ryght sore, Vp he caste hys swerd thore.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)1870 : Swych dent he smot dar [Lamb: thare] Þat hys hauberke to-tar.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)492 : They sayled forthe wythowten ore; The syght of Ynglonde loste þey þore.
1c.
As dem. adv. used: (a) to point to something serving as the focus of attention or admiration, the verbal equivalent of pointing or a similar directional gesture: there; (b) to suggest a dismissive gesture: ~ hit goth, that's the way it goes, so be it.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)43/109 : Take here a revette, and þere a rewe.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)241/405 : Yei, that was well gone to, Thar start vp a cowll.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)213/299 : We hold vs payde, take ther thi pay.
b
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)472/5 : If I may spede well, I woll sende for you, and, if hit so be that I be slayne, there hit goth.
1d.
As dem. adv. with mild intensifying force, used chiefly with adverbial constructions: (a) with locative prep. phrases: there; righte ~; (b) with single-word modifiers of various sorts: ~ onhende, ~ presente, ~ thanne, right there, right then; (c) with verbs conveying the notion of remaining in a place, being or becoming fixed in position, etc.: there; leien (sitten, stonden, etc.) ~; (d) with adv. clause: ~..~, ~ (..) wher, in or to the place..where; (e) in anaphoric or serial constructions: ~..~, her..~.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1106 : Ealle mæst þe þær on lande wæron him on his willan to gebugon.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)117/27 : Ic geseh þær ætforen us mycele mare liht.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6438 (1st occurrence) : Itt [star] stod all stille upp o þe lifft..Rihht tær abufenn þær þe child Wass inne wiþþ hiss moderr.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11747 (1st occurrence) : Ure Laferrd Jesu Crist Wass brohht uppo þe lawe Þær i þe wesste þær he wass.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)29/505 : Aþulf fel aknes þar Biuore þe king Aylmar.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)426 : To palmers mett he þare On hand.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1834 : Boþe..kindeli eche oþer clipt and kessed ful oft, and darkeden þere in þat den.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.269 : Ne noon so grey goos goth ther in the lake As seistow wol be with oute make.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)791 : Fele weren at his liȝttyng þare Þat reuerence gret hym bare.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1600 : For ther is noon so litil thyng..That it ne is sene, as though it were Peyntid in the Cristall there.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)125/12 : Þe skurfe schall falle awey ryȝt þere in ȝour syȝt.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)3929 : As þai þoght, so þai dide, At þat place þere þai abide.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1884-5 : In alle þe wide worlde noowhere Groweth noo peper but ooneli there In a forest in a cuntre thare That men callith it Combare.
- c1475 Guy(4) (Cai 107/176)10061 : In Englond, I herd seye, There he was noryshed and borne.
- a1500 Lo here is (Tan 407)34 : I se in þe gret see ther shyppys euer seylyng.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)58/33 : Ðe Hælend..het hine ða gan to ane wæterscipe þe wæs ðær onhende.
- (1426) Doc.in Sur.Soc.858 : Yar yan he was asked yf he couth or wald say..yat the Mair..had done hym any wrong.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)355/30 : Þe King..tok þe quarel yn-to his honde, and forthwith, þere present, exiled þe Duk of Herforde.
c
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : On þa tun þa wæs tenn ploges oðer twelfe gangende ne belæf þær noht an.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)169/13 : Eal þat seo ȝesihð hit toflewð swa þæt þar nanwyht ne belifð butan þa ban.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10375 : He wiss off Jesu Crist Þatt stod tær hemm bitwenenn.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)61/667 : Heo stod unhurt þer amidheppes, heriende ure healent wið heheste steuene.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)137 : Summe þat ter stoden, ar herte was ful sore.
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (Hrl 2277)65 : Whan he sat at his worc þer..his mouþ his bedes bede.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)922 : Go þu yunder and sit þore.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3328 : On morgen fel hem a dew a-gein..It lai dor quit als a rin-frost.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2724 : Þo þe messagers hurde þis, hii astunte þere.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)760 : Willam..witterli miȝt sene ȝif Meliors wiþ hire maydenes in meling þere sete.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25607 : Suet iesu! al þar þou stode, þi suete bodi in flexs and blod, At time o compli.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.67 : He gan in thringe forth with lordes olde And sette hym there as he was wont to doone.
- a1450 Dux Moraud (BodPoet f.2)18 : Semly þer I syt vpon sille.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)126 : Two goddes on hye seten thore In the maister toppe.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)19/8 : Whan þou goist to godis seruise, stonde þer in drede.
d
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 (1st occurrence) : Se biscop com þa fyrst to Elig..& sætte þær munecas Gode to þewian þær hwilon wæron nun.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2603 : Teremuth kinkes dowter ðor cam Ðor ðis child on ðe water nam.
- (c1453) Let.Oxf.in OHS 35320 : We..pray you that..[you] wold make this oure writyng and testimony be publyshed ther and unto them of ȝoure right worshipfull comminalte; wher ye, after ȝour grete discrecion, suppose hys worship and fame in this mater be hurt.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)756/14 : Hym awȝte not haue comen neuer no mor yer Wher so myche harme he had be-for.
e
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8251-2 : He flæh inntill..Vienne, & tære he wass unnorneliȝ & tære he toc hiss ende.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13227 : Sone heom after wenden iwepnede kempen, þer sixe, þer seouene, þer æhte, þer niȝene.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)751-2 : Hit is a cuntree..Riche and plenteuous for þe nones, And þere is the hede hous of seint Iohnes, And þere is a castelle realle fulle riche.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)126/572 : My saule..sawe of þe seid develles, summe rennyng on way and summe annoþer way..here iiij, here x, þere ii by parcellis, never sesyng.
2.
As nonlocative conjunctive adv. [often difficult to distinguish from sense 1b. but here its function seems to be more connective]: because of that, for that reason, therefore, consequently; also, by means of that, thereby.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5990 : Ure Laferrd Crist..stah upp till heoffne ..Þær wass he tacnedd wel þurrh ærn, Forr ærn maȝȝ heȝhe fleȝhenn.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)249 : Þet fet bigon to bersten, þet folc bigon to fle, þe engel ir nom of þe water þat alle it misten isee; Þer bileueden on ihesu crist a þousend ant fiue.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3008 : Al ðis sor Sag pharaun, and dredde him ðor.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2235 : The rumblyng of a fart..Nys but of eyr reuerberacioun, And ther [vrr. euere, þere-wiþ] it wasteth lite and lite awey.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)9.32 : For ȝif he ne arise þe raþere & ariȝt sterede, Þe wynd wolde wiþ þe watir þe boot ouerþrowe; Þere [B: þanne; vr. And þanne] were þe manis lif lost for lacchesse of hymselue.
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)760 : Heo swor heo was a lyȝt womman..And þer skapeode heo away.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14898 : An Innocent in erth is none..bot god alon and mary his moyder..And þou rekyns þi self for on and makes þe þore als holy as he.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)7905 : Whan it byginneþ to ceese, Þe herte also haþ smerte relese Of iolyfnesse and falleþ þore In sadnesse as it was bifore.
3a.
As existential adv. with ben, chiefly in constructions in which the logical subj. and the verb are inverted: there: (a) followed by a noun or noun phrase naming someone or something whose existence is asserted, or identifying an action the occurrence of which is asserted; also with ben omitted [quot. c1390]; (b) followed by a noun or noun phrase naming someone or something whose physical presence is asserted; also in fig. context [1st quot.]; also with bicomen [quot. a1150]; (c) with positive expressions of quantity or number; (d) with negative expressions of quantity or number or in negated statements denying the existence or presence of someone or something; (e) with a rel. clause modifying the logical subj., with omission of the rel. pron.; also with omission of the subj. of ben [quot. c1475].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)72/3 : Þær byð seo twæming rihtwisra mannen & arleasra.
- ?a1150 Chron.Tbr.B.1 (Tbr B.1)an.1066 : Ða wes þer an of Norwegen þe wiðstod þet Englisce folc.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Evang.(Bod 343)16/11 : Ðær wæs bi halfes an swiðe heah clif onemn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9213 : Whærse iss all unnsmeþe ..Þurrh þorrness & þurrh breress, Þær shulenn beon ridinngess nu.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)23 : Þah an castel beo wel bemoned mid monne and mid wepne, and þer beo analpi holh þat an mon mei crepan in, Nis hit al unnet.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)96 : Ȝif þer is eni forliued wrecche Þat of is liue nouȝt ne recche..On hem neltou nouȝht bihelde.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1985 : Ðor was in helle a sundri stede, Wor ðe seli folc reste dede.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.43 : A knyght ther was and that a worthy man.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3591 : Bitwixe yow shal be no synne Namoore in lookyng than ther shal in dede.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)810 : Now ȝe gode wymmen, seeþ, with ȝoure yen, Ȝyf þyr be any sorowe lyke vnto myn.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.10.21 : In every thing general, yif that men seen any thing that is inparfit, certes in thilke general ther moot ben som thing that is parfit.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)393 : Alle tymes considered and alle dewe circumstauncis allowid, þer muste neede be synne and vice.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)12b : Þer ben good hors in Ungry, and þer ben coursours in Calabre and in Aragoune, and þer be gode mulys in Lumbardie.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)355/16 : Ys there ony renogat among vs?
- a1500 Chartier Dial.F.&F.(Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.43)1/11 : Thyr ys in the grete yndustry of study and of lyterature plente thorough whyche thou mayst rewle thy soule.
- a1500 Theoph.(RwlPoet 225)p.10 : Ister ony thing þat I may hauen?
- ?a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Resur.(Manch 822.11C2)491/27 : Yet I dreede least theare were perryll in that deede.
b
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : Nu him behofed þæt he crape in his mycele codde in ælc hyrne gif þær wære hure an unwreste wrenc þæt he mihte get beswicen anes Crist & eall Cristene folc.
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)132/9 : Þær becom þa on þære hwile mycel swetnysse stænc.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1679 : An waȝherifft Was spredd fra wah to waȝhe..Forr þatt itt hidenn shollde..All þatt tær wass wiþþinnenn.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)99/5 : Ne haue ðu næure swo michel iswunken on godes temple, bute ðær bie pais inne, ne wuneð he ðar næure.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.28.13 : Þer shal ben to hem þe woord of þe lord.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)146 : At þe next hauen þat here is þer ben chapmen ryche ywys.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.191 : Inwarde brent..The hoote fyre, & ȝit ther was no smeke.
- (a1450) Paston2.522 : There was with-in John Joallere and John Edmundes.
- (1453) LRed Bk.Bristol2.200 : Y the saide Johanne wolle, establissh, ordeine, and graunte for euermore that theer shall be herafter a good and honeste and a well ruled man a preest to do and ministre and sing diuine seruice in the saide chirch.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1810 : Wythin a parlour, lusty, fresshe, and cleene Ther was gentyll Etymology.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)20a/4 : The first is if ther be pryckyng in þe skynne.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1355 : There were wemen to wale, A wondurfull nowmbur.
c
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1107 : Ðera wæron swa fela swa nan man næs þe ge mvnde þæt æfre ær swa fela to gædere gyfene wæron.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)55/15 : Swa hwæt swa þær mare byð þurh að, þæt byð of þar yfelen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)4/2 : Bigon anan ase wed wulf to..dreaien cristene men, þe lut þet ter weren, alle to heaðendom.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)298 : Cherubin ant serafin, a þousend þer were mit tapres ant mit sensers.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)565 : So manie þere were wilde deor þat wonder heom þohte.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2236 : So moche wrecchede þer is þat it nis noȝt nou so.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)195/35 : Zom uolk þer byeþ þet yef hy doþ elmesse, hi willeþ þet alle hit wyte.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2540 : Þei schuld wicche wel ȝif þei awei went þouȝh þer were werwolfs wiþ hem foure schore!
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)304a/b : If it is mene þanne þer is moche more moysture of water þan druyenesse of eorþe.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2643 : Thebes was a cite riche..Tuelue gates þere weren abouten.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)33/8 : Manye haþ þer ben þa[t] for desire of heueneli richesses hauen ioifulli chosen pouerte to peramour.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)595 : Ther been mo sterres, God wot, than a payre!
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)674 : For Fortune kan so many a wyle, Ther be but fewe kan hir begile.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)146/5 : Sacramentys þer xul be vij.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)699 : Yt ys not schapyn worth a morsell of brede; Ther ys to moche cloth, yt weys as ony lede.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)180/27 : Many their be þat peynyn themself to the seruice.
d
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)88/1 : Þa þa gewriten gerædde wæron, þa wæron heo gelice gewritene, þæt þær næs on naðer mare þone on oðern ane stæfe, ne forðen ane prica.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)8/41 : Nes þear nan þet mahte neauer eanes wrenchen hire..ut of þe weie.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)75/49 : Þonne sculen wit si[þien] to alre seoruwe mest, faren mid feondes in þet eche fur..ende nis þer nefre.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3798 : Nes þer nan oðer ræd buten Nennius iwarð dæð [read: dæd].
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)257 : Ne mot þer non ben inne þat one þe breche bereþ þe ginne.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7551 : Þer nas prince in al þe world of so noble fame.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Job 6.13 : Ther is not helpe to me in me.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2073 : What sholde I telle thanswere of the knyght His sone was slayn, ther is namoore to seye.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17787 : Vp-risen es, dut es þar [Göt: þair] nan.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)206 : Al þe folk war went us fra, And þare was none þan bot we twa.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)27/29 : Þere is non bed soft to a seke man.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5467 : Waster non þat wolde hym feyne Whan þey sey þe kynges seigne.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1820 : Al be ther in me no justice, Me lyste not to doo hyt now.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)193/5752 : For savyng ye ne nys cher [read: ther] noon dowtles Whom that y calle.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)88 : When the madere is in flotte, breke hit smalle that there be no ballys.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1520 : Was þer neuer a sarisin þat neȝede hym ner.
- a1500 Orfeo (Hrl 3810)4/39 : He lerned so, þer noþing was A better harper in no plas.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)2 : In sweueninges Ther nys but fables and lesynges.
e
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Þa wæs þære an cyrce weard Yware wæs gehaten nam þa be nihte eall þet he mihte.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)11/300 : Ther nys wight may stond geyne þer pusshaunce.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)139/5 : He is so evyll beloved and hated that there is no knyght woll fyght for hym.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.51.34b : Þer is no vertue ne werk þat þou maiȝt don mai make þe like to oure lord wiþouten meknes and charite.
- c1475 Why Nun (Vsp D.9)244 : But sum her loved in hert fulle dere, And there weren that dyd not so.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)106 : Lower degrees ther been of hors al-so Do grett profite to euery comounte.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)758/13 : Ther was a kynȝte asked þe kynges son for to kepe it & norysche it.
3b.
As expletive or anticipatory adv. in constructions in which the logical subj. and the verb are inverted: there: (a) with bifallen, fallen, waxen, and worthen; (b) with other intr. verbs; (c) with ben and worthen followed by an adj. or a ppl. of an intr. verb; (d) with trans. verbs in active constructions; also, impers. ~ nedeth, (sth.) is needed; (e) with trans. verbs in passive constructions.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)60/18 : Þa wearð þær flit betwyx þam synderhalȝan.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)149/15 : As wes spot ear up oþe hwite hude, þer waxeð wunde & deopeð in toward te sawle.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.4 : Þere wexen many maneres of vices & of heresies in holy chirche of Asie.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1475 : Ther fil a stryf bitwix his bretheren two.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)15/325 : Sune þore bifell a ferly case.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)92a/b : Where so euer quiture is engenderde in notabel quantite, nedelinges þer moste falle a feuer.
- c1450 7 Sages(1) (Arun 140)37/2 : Þane wex þeir moche stryue Betuen kynge and Barone.
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)29/17 : Þær ne belaf stan ofer stane.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)131 : Ne mihte þer nan wiðstonden, ne prophete ne patriarche.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15895 : In þan putte..þer deiȝede þe quike uppen þen dede.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)225 : Þer come serians wel fele for to nime ȝeme Wat here leuedi miȝte be.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6876 : Þer ros so michel dust Þat of þe sonne..No man miȝt haue no siȝt.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4 : In þat forest..þer woned a wel old cherl.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2148 : Aboute his chaar ther wente white alauntz.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)521 : Couþe I not þole bot as þou, þer þryued ful fewe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.295 : Of hire look in him ther gan to quyken So gret desir..That in his herte botme gan to stiken Of hir his fixe and depe impressioun.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.55 : Who-so hewyth to hye, Þere falle chippis in his ye.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)213/25 : There shall none that is here medyll with the this tyme.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)80 : Loke there come no water thereto but gleyre bothe in the gryndynge and in the temperyng.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)747/22 : Ther Rode a gentyll knyȝth be þe foreste.
- c1500(1446) Morstede Surgery (Hrl 1736)119 : Yf ther folow..gret cours of blod, than stawnche yt.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12860 : There come out of castels & of cloise townes..þat hom bale wroght.
c
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)113/14 : Þær wearð þa geworden mycel smyltnysse þære heofone.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4197 : Þyr may no man so yware be..Þat treytorhede ne wyl hym asayle.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)85 : He him-self is on þe se..þer is comyn with him knyȝt of landis dyuerse.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)21/19 : Than was hit tolde the two kyngis how there were com two messyngers.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.1.2b : Withouten on of þise to, mai þer no man be saf.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)15/22 : Ther were many lordes wroth.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Glo 42)723/25 : Ther was in þat Cyte afylosopher duellyng.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)738/10 : Ther was anyȝtyngale wonte to come in-to hym at þe wyndewe.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)103/30 : Wheþer is þere eny þinge harde to me? or shal I be like a man þat saiþ & doþe not?
d
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)920 : Þer schal [no] wiȝth of þe world wite whi it comsed!
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.3091 : I trow ther nedeth litel sermonyng To make yow assente to this thyng.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.236 : His horrible crualte Ther mihte attempre no pite.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1367 : Yow liketh knowen of the fare Of me, whos wo ther may no wit discryve.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)148a/b : Þe medicyne of Egrymonie sufficeþ not, but þer nedeþ cauterie oþer corrosiue medicyne.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)64 : Þere shal neither mows ne ratte gnawe the booke that is ywrete with þis enke.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.49 : The [read: Ther] schall no man bete ne bynde a messyng.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)45/57 : Ther may no man love bettyr his childe þan Isaac is lovyd of me.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)21 : Ther-at Dorinydale dovn glode, ther nedyd no salue.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)48/24 : If ihesu be with þe, þere may non enemye noye þe.
e
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1106 : Ðær wearð se eorl of Normandig gefangen.
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1129 : Þa wære þær coren two papes.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)36/4 : Hwæt fremeð þære burhware þeh þæt port beo trumlic on ælce healfe getimbrod, gyf þær byð an hwæm open forlæten?
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)104/732 : Ter weren isleine of þet awariede uolc fowr þusent fulle.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1627 : In a place þer were piȝt pavilounns and tentes.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.161 : Ther on heng a brooch of gold ful shene On which ther was..writen a crowned A.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)19.140 : Suche a surgeyn setthen yseye was þer neuere.
- (1418) Proc.Privy C.2.240 : We wol that ye see that theer be taaken dewe accomptes.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463)162 : Ther must be made hyr a potage.
- (1475) RParl.6.144a : There shall be distribute and geve in almes, xxiii s. iiii d. of laufull money of Englond, to the poore people.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Glo 42)727/16 : Þer was a newe kyng chosen.
3c.
As introductory adv. with clauses expressing a wish, blessing, curse, etc.: may (sth. be done, sth. occur); also, may there be (sth.) [quot. a1425, 1st].
Associated quotations
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2815 : Arcite is coold; ther Mars his soule gye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1561 : Ther [vr. now] Iesu Crist yow blesse.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1308 : Ther god his bones curse!
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)839 : Þer Kryst hit yow for-ȝelde.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.947 : Ther good thrift on that wise gentil herte!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1525 : 'Awey!' quod he, 'Ther Joves yeve the sorwe!'
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)145 : Ȝe manly men..þer Crist saue ȝou all!
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)149 : Now mery be all..þer fayre mote ȝe fall!
- c1450(?a1400) Quatref.Love (Add 31042)97 : Sary sathanasse soughte..For to wakken oure waa; þer weryede mott he bee.
4a.
In quasi-nominal or pronominal uses: (a) as the obj. of a prep.: that place, that number, that; (b) in subj. position, either normal or inverted: that, it [some irresolvable ambiguity exists between such uses and those of sense 1a.(i)].
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)2164 : Arphaxat lyued..þre hundride..ȝere..Foure hundride his son heber Wiþ foure & fourty sett to þer.
- (1452) Doc.in Kingsford EHist.Lit.(CotR 2.23)368 : London said þer shuld no more hedes be set vpon ther.
- c1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.122 : Whan tho herd hat Rome, Do so of ther þe dome; Whan þu herd hels ware, Do of ther as þe dothe.
b
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)66/13-14 : Ter wes lute fur of chearite þet leiteð al of ure lauerdes luue, lute fur wes þer þet a puf acwente.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)155 : Þer þuȝte muche wonder mani a moder sone; Hem þuȝte hit was an angel from heuene icome.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.14.3 : Neeȝ is þat come þe tyme of hym..& þer [WB(2): it] shal ben in þat dai whan reste shal ȝyuen to þee god fro þi trauaile & fro þyn hurting.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3790 : This Alison answerde, 'who is ther That knokketh so, I warante it a theef.'
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)John 1.9 : There [WB(1): It] was a very liȝt, which liȝtneth ech man that cometh in to this world.
- c1440(c1350) Octav.(1) (Thrn)137/950 : Many a hethyn man in a stownde He made to lygge appon the grownde; Was þer [vr. There was] no childes playe.
- a1450 Castle Love(1) (BodAdd B.107)275 : Ther wes [Vrn: Hit was a kyng of muche miht].
4b.
In quasi-adjectival uses [all quots. here are susceptible of alternative interpretations]: present, attending; also, of that place or company, residing in that place, etc.; that ~, that person over there.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13642 : Þa andswatede eorles þare, 'Alle we beoð ȝarewe to libben and to liggen mid leouen vre kingen.'
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.829 : Ysis, as seith the Cronique, Fro Grece into Egipte cam..The wommen there upon childinge To hire clepe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1076 : Þaȝ þay pover were, Watz never so blysful a bour as watz abos þenne, Ne no schroude-hous so schene as a schepon þare.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)2194 : Tho seid Uelosian: 'Sir, I se, That þer is Pylate, so þinkeþ me.'
- a1425 NPass.(Cmb Gg.5.31)5/31 : Cayphas..sayd to þe princes þare all: 'Ȝhe ne wote what sall befall.'
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2423 : In thoo forestis beth addris stronge..And comounlich addren thore In grete cavis thei lif euermore.
- (1466) in Cox Churches Derb.4.86 : Item: to the trinite alter yr a stened cloth with flowers opon yt.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)362/192 : He brouth me this palme from my sone thore.
5.
As rel. adv. introducing adj. clauses, chiefly nonrestrictive: (a) with locative clauses: in which, in which place; at which, at which place; where, wherein;—sometimes in fig. contexts; also with noun used as adv. as antecedent (est, hom); also, on which; in the vicinity of which, near which [quot. 1451]; ?to which, into which [quot. c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi]; (b) ~ that and in comb. ~ ~, = (a); (c) with a text as antecedent: in which; also, with a bird as antecedent: on which, upon which; (d) ?as quasi-rel. pron.: which; (e) with nonlocative clauses: in which; during which, when [2nd quot.; both quots. could also be construed as sense 7.].
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1101 : Ðises geares eac se biscop Rannulf to þam Candelmæssan ut of þam ture on Lunden nihtes oðbærst, þær he on hæftneðe wæs, & to Normandige for.
- a1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1127 : Ðes ilces gæres..wæs se eorl Karle of Flandres ofslagen on ane circe þær he læi & bæd hine to Gode.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.VA (Vsp D.14)12/21 : Se þe dælð ælmesse..behytt his goldhord on heofone rice, þær nan sceaðe ne mæig his madmes forstelen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/6 : Þe heofenlice Kyng lædeþ heo to his rice, þær heo moten iseon on ecenesse his godcundæn þrymme.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7273 : We sæȝhenn itt full brad & brihht Æst, tær þe sunne riseþþ.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)5 : Þa ȝe-leafule ebreisce folc..streweden mid twigan in drihtenes weye þer he rad.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)63/691 : As ha stutte i þet stude þer þe fordemde schulden deað drehen, þa com..belial.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)63 : I þere Tyure he eode alond, þer þa sea wasceð þat sond.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12683 : Ælc wes ham iuare þer he lond hafde.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)122 : Þis bold..stont vppon a treowe mote, þar hit neuer truke ne schal.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1361 : Abraham sente eliezer..To caram, ðor is fader lay.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)1/11 : Saynt gabriel and Raphael, Ye brenge me to þo castel Þer alle zaulen vareþ wel.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2218 : He walketh forth..Vnto the lystes ther hir temple was.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11749 : Ai..come þam till a cite suith, þai [Göt: þar] þai fand nan o þair knaing.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)20258 : Mi sun..For-yeild it yuu at time o mede And bring yuu to þat ilk blis þar i sal be, quar mi sun is.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)835 : Inmydez þe trone, þere sayntez sete, Þe apostel John hym saytȝ [read: saȝ] as bare.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)2/25 : Als þe gospel tellis, in his tretes þat þu ga til his rengne þat þu may cume, þare hise frendis sal euir be.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)61b : Sorbetum: a place þer trees waxeþ.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)226/16 : I xal gon wyth hir my-self tyl sche come at Ȝepiswech, þer lyth þe schip & hir owyn cuntremen þat xal ledyn hir ouyr þe see.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)144/9 : Þe wodebynde..wyl be-clyppe þe trees þer it growyth as doȝt jwy.
- c1450 As Reson Rywlyde (Lamb 853)64 : Þou stoon! whi woldist þou be so freel To be þe morteis þere þe crosse stood?
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)14a : Wanne Seynt Ipolyte fley from Herod, hys lord, he wente in-to wyldirnes..þer no man ne dorst come.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.53/35 : I will ij of yam syng at ye auter yer my wife & my fadyr & modyr ar bered.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4939 : I wil my executours do make..a sqwar dore of free stoon..and that the dore may bere the bem there the iij kynges be.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)52/32 : Ful holy is þat place and grownde þer þou dost stonde.
- a1480(c1450) Barlaam (2) (Peterh 257)38/1334 : Caste hym into deepe derkenes, þer shal be wepynge & grentynge of teth.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)30b/22 : Þe comoyne remedy is..to make an openyng in the stede þat is most hangyng þer þe wheter may ren out.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)6190 : Many myles may men gone On dreie erthe, þere water is none.
b
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Elucid.(Vsp D.14)144/30 : He com to heom ealle belochene gate, þær þær heo wæren togædere on æfen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)66/31 : Ða leaffulle men lædden ða untruman men..& læȝdon heom bi þere stræte þer þer Petrus eode.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15966 : Þa tiden comen sone to Cadwaðlader kinge into Brutaine þer þar he wunede.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)39/819 : Þe bor..cride..To þe castel þar þat lai Ermin.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25447 : Wiss me waies þare [Göt: ȝare] þare santes has þair seli sete.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)129/17 : Þe Erl..come..to London, þere þat þe Kyng was.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)154a/b : Summe fresche woundes ben in fleschy places and summe ben in places þer þat litil fleische is.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)91 : Wer þou, kyng, in þat kuþþe þer þat Crist deyed, Þer is a worldlich wif.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)806 : I cam on a day Into a place ther that I say..the fayrest companye Of ladyes.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)250 : There was a paleis faire ynowe There þat Nero hymselff slowe.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)97b/b : Strike þe wounde twies or þries þerwiþ in þe same place þere þat þou woldist haue it opened.
c
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.4 : On þe first he setteþ a litel prolouge, þere [F ou] he sette þe name of þe book.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.7072 : Thus he loketh on the fleissh Riht as an hauk which hath a sihte Upon the foul, ther he schal lihte.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)37 : In þe tyxte þere þyse two arn in teme layde, Hit arn fettled in on forme.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)128/1 (1st occurrence) : A lykenes in holywritt..is in þe gospell of Seynt Iohn, þer I rede þat on a tyme þer folowid Crist v þousaund men.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2146 : Sannte Marȝe..stannt wiþþ hire sune i stall Þær heȝhesst iss inn heoffne.
e
- c1425 Wycl.Concord.in Spec.43 (Roy 17.B.1)271 : Cotaciouns of summe textis be not spoken off in wordis þere þei shulde be expressid.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.134 : Harde is þe somer þer sonne schyneth neuere.
6a.
As subordinating conj. introducing locative adv. clauses: (a) in or at the place where, in or at the place in which, where; also, with verbs of motion: to the place where, to where, whither; from the place where, whence; ?to a place which [quot. a1450(a1338)]; also, in the place to or from which; ~ that (the); also, in comb.: ~ ~; (b) amplifying a previous dem. adv.: where; (c) used indefinitely: in whatever place or places, wherever; also in fig. context [quot. a1450(1401)]; with verbs of motion: to wherever, wherever; ~ that (the); also, in combs.: ~ ~, ~ wher, ai-wher (iwher) ~; (d) with implied ref. to scripture, a literary work, a narrative, or another form of discourse: in the passage in which, at the point where; ~ the; also, in comb.: ~ ~.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)85/35 : Synbændes ealle tobræc, & ure ealdefæderes ealle geneosode, þær heo on þan þeostre lange gewuned hæfden.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.VA (Vsp D.14)15/32 : Feale byð stuntnyssen þær þær nan steore ne byð.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)119/16 : Nim þeos wyrt þare heo on becenu treow wurtrume wexen si.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1154 : On þis gær wærd þe king Stephne ded & bebyried þer his wif & his sune wæron bebyried æt Fauresfeld.
- c1175 Body & S.(1) (Bod 343)5 : Nu me þe bringæð þer ðu beon scealt.
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)45 : He..com to adam and to eue þer god heom heuede dom.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12593 : I me sellf sahh Godess Gast Þær þær þiss mann wass fullhtnedd.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)89/22 : Eve children..secheð blisse wiðuten paradise ðar ðe nan nis!
- a1225 PMor.(Eg 613(2))239 : Hi secheð reste ðer nan nis, þi ne muȝen hi finde.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)36 : Þu ȝiuest eche reste ful of swete blisse þer ðe neure deað ne come.
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)16 : Ne sal þu nout awei leden, wrecche, þer þu list.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1478 : Þeus spac þe alde king þer he on æðelen seat.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)295-6 : Loke þat þu ne bo þare Þar chauling boþ & cheste ȝare.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)45 : Me þuȝte þat ȝoure sseues þer hi stoden alle To me þei gonnen louten.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2562 : He deden hem crepen dikes long, And wide a-buten burges gon, And cumen ðer ear was non.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1052 : So al þat niȝt he rode til day, Til he com þer sir Amis lay.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)419 : Þei hadde brouȝt him þere þat barn bestes kept.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4195 : In an oxes stalle..I shal be mordred ther [vr. as] I lye.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.109 : Chest be þere charite shulde be.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)445/1543 : Þat grece sa stuffys it..þat it may not chevyn to generacion, bod swateres out þare it com in.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.Lear (Göt Hist 740)224 : Landes and alkyns possesciouns Anogh he hase þar hym selfe wonnys.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1116 : Brutus wiþ his folk..wente þer weye Þer he knew by [vr. had purueied in] o valeye [F s'a mis en une valée Que il ot ançois porvéue].
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)83/5 : Yif he slepe, he shal ben lost and neuere ben foundyn aftyr that tyme ne come ther that men arn.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)91/86 : Sum wol tak a feþer & twyne it in þe heere þer þe blod renneþ out.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)1.506 : Thus is it called now and euere-more shal bee, Wyth a G. set there C. shuld stond.
- ?a1475 LDirige(2) (Dc 322)543 : My frendes namly, now helpeþ at nede! ffor I am there I may nat fle.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)248 : I haue a grett wonde on my hede..and þeron leyth a playster Ande anoþer þer I pysse my peson.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)153 : Syre Gy herde þe noys þere that he stode.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)1050 : Be God..had i þe nowe Þer were ȝisturday i and þow, Paynes þen shulde þou drye!
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)7/74 : Wem ne spot may not abyde there so noble vertue haboundeth.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 (2nd occurrence) : Se biscop com þa fyrst to Elig..& sætte þær munecas Gode to þewian þær hwilon wæron nun.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2604 : Teremuth kinkes dowter ðor cam Ðor ðis child on ðe water nam.
c
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Nicod.(Bod 343)2/17 : Ðe Gast orðæþ soðlice ðær þær he orðiæn wule.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/26 : Ðe Almihtiȝæ God ælcne mon ihere, beo ðær he beo.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)84/31 : Ȝe sceolden ilome gan to þam halȝe husle..swa swa mon deþ ȝehwær þær ðe me wæl halt þone cristendom.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.46 : Min word, Eȝȝwhær þær itt iss ekedd, Maȝȝ hellpenn þa þatt redenn itt.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1236 : Oxe chewweþþ þær he gaþ Hiss cude.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)9 : Bet heo heolden heore wurðing dei þene we doð and ȝet doð þer þe heo beoð.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)85 : He þet haueð þet hors-hus te witene scal, þer þer hit is ful, makien hit clene.
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)49 : Wrec gast, þu uend awai, and far þar þu salt fare.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12406 : Ælc mon mot liðen þer his lauerd hine hateð gan.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)179 : In ðe heruest hardilike gangeð..& fecheð hire fode ðer ge it mai finden.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)183 : Me knoweþ hem in eche lond bi siȝte þar me hem seþ.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1191 : Þere þe pres was perelouste he priked in formest.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.547 : Ful big he was of brawn and eek of bones; That proued wel, for ouer al ther he cam At wrastlynge he wolde haue alwey the ram.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)851 : Sum tyme hyt was wnt to be dowun To halewe þe satyrday at þe noun..þere men haunted þat custome lest, Falleþ oft tyme grete tempest.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.302 : Þere þat pouerte passeth, pees folweth after.
- c1440(?c1350) Mirror St.Edm.(4) (Thrn)25/18 : Lecherye..mase manes herte to melte and to playe thare þare his herte lykes.
- a1450(1401) For drede (Dgb 102)86 : Þere wit is, corage may not fayle.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2649 : Þer wymmen arn, are many wordys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)26/30 : By kynge Ban and Bors his counceile they lette brenne and destroy all the contrey before them there they sholde ryde.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)33/8 : He Putte hym-Selfe at tymys ther the moste Peryl was.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)294/16 : There where he passed by he enquyred after guedon.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5372 : Ure Laferrd Crist..Spacc offe to þe leode Summ siþe þær he talde hemm spell Off heofennrichess blisse.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12580 : Þiss iss þatt ilke off whamm I spacc Ȝet niss nohht lannge siþþenn Þær þær I seȝȝde þatt an mann Affterr me cumenn shollde.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)93/31 : Herof seið ðe apostele..'Ne mai no mann leiȝen oðer grunndwall þanne ðat ðe is ileid, þat is, Iesu Crist,' þar ðe Peter sade: 'Tu es Christus, filius dei uiui.'
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)21 : Nou ich wole fon on þer ich er let & tellen ou of Iacob.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.892 : And ther [vr. where] I lefte I wol ayein bigynne.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.90 : I wil no longer make digressioun..But there I lefte I wyl agayn retourne.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)67 : Þer Mayster Wace of þe Brute left, ryght begynnes Pers eft And tellis forth þe Inglis story.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)4/23 : Þat he graunte vs þese preieres..we preye þere we seye 'Sanctificetur nomen tuum.'
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)16/20 : Þis witnessiþ seynt Poule þere he seiþ..'if I herewiþ hadde no charite, I am nouȝt worþ.'
6b.
As subordinating conj. introducing locative noun clauses: (a) functioning as subj., subj. compl., direct obj., or appositive: the place in which, where; also, in comb.: ~ wher; (b) functioning as obj. of prep.: the place in which, where; ~ that; also, in comb.: ~ ~.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)694 : He ferde sechinde þer [Otho: ware] he mihte þurh-wunian.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)2.121 : Helle is þer he ys.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3137 : He so long in þe contre rood Til he was tauȝt where þe kyng abood, Þer Vlixes was shet vp in mewe.
- (1459-60) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 83.2 : John Sely..deliuered vnto hym all thevidence which þt he had in his keping..And tolde hym then there where he shuld haue mo evidences beyng in þe keping of oþere persones.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)prol.1 : As I passid in my preiere þer prestis were at messe..Sodeynly þer sourdid selcouþe þingis.
- a1525(?1472) Cov.Leet Bk.382 : Þat euery Cart þat cometh to þis Cite with ffysshe þat he let make clene þer þe Cart stode.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8199 : Þeȝȝ alle brohhtenn himm..Till þær þær he peȝȝm [read: þeȝȝm] haffde seȝȝd Þatt teȝȝ himm brinngenn sholldenn.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.311 : Sche fell doun ded fro ther sche stod.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.169 : Welnyh every man his wente To there I am, whil ye ben oute, Had [read: Hath] mad.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)2768 : Again þaim he ras fra þar he sate.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1230 : Byfore thare the hole was, He sette a deppe caudron of bras.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)74/15 : When Seint Petre cam nygh there Vaspasian lay so that he myght se the ymage of Iesu Crist, Vaspasian began to crie right high.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)112 : The kyng bode alle nyghte in a vyllage faste be-syde ther that the batelle was done.
7.
As subordinating conj. introducing nonlocative adv. clauses: (a) with ref. to a particular series of events, set of circumstances, etc.: at the time when, in a situation in which, in the circumstances in which, when; ~ that (the); also, in comb.: ~ wher; (b) with ref. to generalized or hypothetical situations, settings, circumstances, etc.: in cases in which, in circumstances where, on those occasions when, when, if; also, used indefinitely: in whatever circumstances, in any cases in which, on what-ever occasions, at whatever point, whenever; ~ that; also, in comb.: ~ ~; (c) used concessively or contrastively: in a situation in which (sth. should be the case but is not), whereas, though, when; (d) ?inasmuch as, since; (e) ?with the result that, whereby; ~ that, ?to the extent that, such that.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)30 : All follc wass forrþi forrgillt Þær Adam wass forrgilltedd.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)13/2 : Me ðuhte þat hit nas naht wel betowen ðar ic hit idon hadde.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)29/33 : Ðies ilke haliȝe mihte, ðar ðe hie cumeð and bieð mid ðe manne, hie makeð him unwurð alle ðo faire þinges ðe on ðare swikele woreld faire þencheð.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)185 : Ðe mire..gaddreð ilkines sed..Of corn & of gres..haleð to hire hole ðat siðen hire helpeð ðar ge wile ben winter agen.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2898 : Þer he gan treuþe binde, Fain y wald it se.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)20/7 : Me ne berþ naȝt worssipe and reuerence þer þet me ssolde.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)189/7 : God him wernde ane drope of weter þer he wes ine uere of helle.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)599 : Hit falles not for to seiȝe þe fere of his duntes; þer he lousede his hond, he leyde hem on Ronkes.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)3.164 : Þere þat meschief is gret, mede may helpe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1282 : Ther thow dremest of this boor..it may signifie Hire fader.
- a1425 Trev.Higd.(Hrl 1900)2.23 : [StJ-C: In hire hous fuyre dureþ alway, þat neuere chaungeth into askes; but] þere [þe fuyre slakeþ, it chaungeth into stony clottes].
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)52/3 : It is nat so defendid to..maastres of iustice to put to deth yvell doers, but to theym all-oonly the which haue noon auctorite, saue in caas of necessite there where a man may not ellis escape.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)282/22 : Þei beþ entited of rape þer no rape is.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)139/22 : She..often dredyd þere where was nouþer drede ne doute.
- a1500(c1370) Chaucer Comp.L.(Benson-Robinson)34 : Hath not love me bestowed weel To love ther I never shal have part?
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)4/23 : Help æigðer gea cuðen gea uncuðen þær þu muge.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)105/23 : Þa unclæne gastes byð simle þider baldeste, þær þær heo geseoð oferætes & druncanysse oft rædlice begangen.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.VA (Vsp D.14)15/5 : Wa þære þeode þær se cyng byð cild.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)7 : Þisse liue..us truket þer we lest wenet.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)145/29 : Swa ðu hauest ȝedon alle þar þin wille was soðe berewsinge to ȝieuene on here hierte.
- a1250 Mon may longe (Mdst A.13)38 : Deth þe sal þrowen dun þar þu wenest heye ste.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)764 : Oft spet wel alute liste Þar muche strengþe sholde miste.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)199 : Þer wimman is god, nis non so swete þing.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)26 : God..Dede mankinde bote and red..And halp ðor he sag mikel ned.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)10/1 : He þet wyþhalt oþre manne þing mid wrong..zeneȝeþ dyadliche bote yef he hit yelde þer [Vices & V.(2): þere þat] ha ssel.
- (1387) Will in Bk.Lond.E.209/25 : Wat godes þat leuet to-ward me, y will þat it be do..of almes-dedys þere most nedful ys.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1796 : I taught hem to be charitable And spende hir good ther it is resonable.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.190 : Þere þe catte is a kitoun þe courte is ful elyng.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)14/1 : Þere þe mysdoyng & synne is openliche y-knowe as hit is in takinge of robberie & of þeefþe..ȝe..may in siche caases vse youre power.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3478 : Al þat shal þis noble story rede I be-seche of support and of grace Þer I offende in any maner place.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.633 : There thow woost that I have aught myswent, Eschuw thow that.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Cmb Dd.5.64)1 : Luf es lyf þat lastes ay þar it in Criste es feste.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1990 : Litil vailith wisdom, or els governaunce, Ther fortune evir werrith & eke hap & chaunce.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.93.63a : Þese wurdes þat i write, tak hem nouȝt to streitli; bute þere þat þe þinkiþ bi good auisement þat I speke to schortli..I preie þe mende it.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)93/5 : Enquere he besili þe trowþe of alle Sustris..& þere he fyndiþ any defawte, for to amende & refourme hit.
c
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)219 : Nu is euerihc man ifo þare he solde fren[d] be.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)3/27 : Ofte hie me haueð idon slæpen ðar ic scolde wakien on godes seruise be daiȝe and be nihte.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1272 : Than hadde I been in ioye and parfit heele, Ther now I am exiled fro my wele.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.246 : Pouerte hath but pokes to putten in his godis, Þere auarice hath almaries and yren-bounde coffres.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2340 : Þer ȝe wene to gete ȝow a name, Þe ende pleinly schal turnen in contrarie.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)277/4 : Þese wrecchis ben to hem a myrrour of wrecchidnes, þere þei schulden be a myrrour of vertu.
- a1450(?1404) As þe see (Dgb 102)148 : Gloseres..wole a lord to wene Þat he is byloued ther men hym hate.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1178 : Thare thow art both lord and sire..Thow arte abowte thy selven to spylle.
- (1474) Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/2)p.4 (2/19) : Slothe..dothe lyttyl good hottymys [?read: hoftymys] ther[e as] good besynes dothe esse.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12207 : There we the toune shuld haue tane..All oure lose hase he lost thurgh his lither dedis.
d
- a1350 Heȝe louerd (Hrl 2253)16 : Ne semy nout..Þer me calleþ me fulle-flet ant waynoun wayteglede.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1408 (1st occurrence) : Quat of þis werld he was ful sad þare [Frf: þat] neuer a dai þar in was glad.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)2426 : Thes Barons..To our lorde thankes yeldyng full hyly, And to oure lady in thar hertes strong, Ther thay perceued hym [Raynold] strong, large, And hy.
e
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2023 : Hire were lever be weded to a wel simplere, þere sche miȝt lede hire lif in liking & murþe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)122a/a (2nd occurrence) : Ȝif þer were intollerabel akkeþ in tyme of generacioun of þe enpostume þere þat þe toþer enplaisters miȝte not abate þe akkeþ, putte in oile of rosen.
8.
In locative correl. constructions [a few quots. could also be construed as sense 9.]: (a) as subordinating conj. in subordinate clause and dem. adv. in main clause: ~..~, ~ the..~, wherever, in whatever place, where..in that place, there; also, with verb of motion: wherever..to that place [quot. a1300]; also, with subordinating conj. in comb.: ~ ~..~; (b) wher (wher-so-ever, wher that ever, ther-as)..~, wherever, where..in that place, there.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.VA (Vsp D.14)13/4 : Þær þær seo seodefullnysse byð, þær byð eac clænnysse.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.VA (Vsp D.14)15/33 : Þær þæt dysig byð orsorh, & þæt gedwyld rixeð, þær byð yfel to wunigen ænigen wisen mænn.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)74/15-16 : Þær ðær ic me sylf beo þer bið eac min þeȝn.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)88/21 : Ðer ðe þat imynd bið, þær bið þat anȝit & þe willæ.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)111 : Ðer þa clenesse bið, þer beoð ec þa gode þeawes.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)69/25 : Ðar ðe ðin hord is, þær is þin herte.
- a1300(c1250) Floris (Vit D.3)92,93 : Þer me wolde þat þou..ne come, Þer þou wolt come ilome.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.389 : Ther I love, ther I hold.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.99-100 : Þere parfit treuthe and pouere herte is and pacience of tonge, Þere is charitee, þe chief chaumbrere for god hymselue!
- ?a1425 Castle Love(4) (CotApp 7)154,156 : Þer contak is and strife ..Þer mey Pese noght be.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)51/11 : Ther þe holy gost is þer is fredom oute of þe deuelis daunger.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5908 : Whære o lande summ itt iss Þatt mann off Goddspell spelleþþ..Þær iss þe Laferrd Crist himm sellf.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)11/10 : Þer as þeose þinges beoð, þer is riht religiun.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 12.34 : Where thi tresour is, there also thin herte schal be.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)4.34 : There as wratthe and wranglyng is þere wynne þei siluer.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1878 : Ther as they kaste hir herte, there it dwelleth.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)33a/a : Where þat euere ys yfounden a greete veyne, þere is a greet arterie, And where so euere ys a mene veyne, þere is a mene arterie.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)10/27 : Þeras Crystys body ys, þer is Crystys body herre þen Heuen.
9.
In nonlocative correl. constructions: (a) as subordinating conj. in subordinate clause and dem. adv. in main clause: ~..~, in a situation in which, in circumstances when, when..in that situation, under those circumstances, then; (b) ~..thanne, ~ that..thanne, inasmuch as, since..then; (c) wher (ther-as)..~, in situations in which, whenever, when..in those situations, then; also with clauses inverted [quot. ?c1425(c1380)]; (d) whanne..~, at the time when, when..then; also, in a situation in which, when..in that situation, then [quot. c1450].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)3/26 : Þær lyt gehaten byð, þær byð lyt leane.
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Nicod.(Bod 343)8/9 : Ðær mon Godes lof singeð, þær swæȝð þæs Gastes stæfne.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7997 : Þær ure Laferrd Crist wass brohht To kirrke wiþþ hiss moderr, Þær comenn forrþ to lofenn himm An weppmann & an widdwe.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)147/11 : Þar ðe gode sawle haueð hire reste, þar haueð se eule sawle hire pine.
b
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.1213 : Now ther [vr. þer þat] ye seye that I am foul and old, Thanne drede yow noght to been a cokewold.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2341 : Wher the pleine trouthe is noted, Ther may a Prince wel conceive That he schal noght himself deceive.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1768 : Wher he most him schewith debonaire, Þer he fynt hem ageynward most contraire.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.268 : Theras the semble yholde schal be, Ther schul be maystrys and felows also.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)28/22 : Where loue encreeseþ to me, þere sorowe encreseþ for offence doon to me.
- ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A.(Benson-Robinson)35 : Ther poverte is, as seith Diogenes, Ther as vitaile is ek so skars and thinne That noght but mast or apples is therinne.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)877-8 : Þer as [vr. where] fayleþ þe fode, þer is feynt strengþe.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)124/17 : Wher is most difficulte, ther is moste worchipp.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)360 : Wonne þu comest to þon cnihten..þær þu findest seouen houndred.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)24/26 : Huanne þe lheuedi of haþ heþ hire hueȝel y-went..Þere blaweþ alle þe tuelf wyndes of ydele blisse.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14537 : When þou þi self wyll justyfye..þore takes þou fro god allmighty þe fredom þat falys hym vntyll.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)218/13 : When þe Romanes..herdyn herof..þer þay crownet hym Emperour.
10a.
In cpds. & combs.: (a) with adv. or prep. as 2nd element, used adverbially with locative function: ~ adoun, down in that place; ~ aforn, face to face with that, opposite; ~ al abouten, all around there, thereabout; ~ alofte, on top of it, on it; ~ anentes, ?at that point, thereabouts; ~ an-innen [OE þǣr-oninnan], into that, therein; ~ an-under, beneath that, therein; ~ an-uppen [OE þǣr-onuppan], upon that, on it, thereupon; ~ bihinde, behind in that place, behind; ~ bisides, near there, nearby; ~ boven [OE þǣr-bufan], there at the top; ~ forbi, past there; ~ hende, near that place, near it; ~ henne, from that place, from there; ~ innen, within or inside it, therein; ~ inwith, within it, within; ~ ner, near there, close by; ~ nether, down from there, downward; ~ onovenon [OE þǣr-onufenan], thereon above; ~ oute of, outside of it, outside; ~ thennes, from that place, from there; ~ until, thereto; (b) with adv. or prep. as 2nd element, used adverbially with nonlocative function: ~ afore, prior to that time, previously; ~ amonges, among them, in the midst of them; ~ anent, with regard to that, concerning that; ~ bouten, without that; ~ forn [OE þǣr-foran], beforehand; ~ froward, away from that, therefrom; ~ onyenes, against that; ~ umbe [OE þǣr-ymbe], about that matter, concerning that; (c) with ppl. as 2nd element, used adjectivally with ref. to a literary work: ~ seide, mentioned there, noted before, aforesaid; (d) ~ abouten, ~ aboven, ~ after, ~ as, ~ bi, ~ for, ~ from, etc., q.v.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)43/16 : Hire byrigen..is æteowwed open & æmtig, & þær on uppen, on hire wurðmentes, is aræred mære cirice mid wunderlicen stanweorca.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)9/9 : Ȝeot þa sealfan in þat eare, ȝif se wyrme ys þarinnan.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/12 : Ðider com in gangen hwilon an meretrix & hire ðær onuppon set unmyndlingæ.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/22 : Heo þa nomon hyre & on carcere sendon & hire þerinnon biclysde.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Heo duden heore claþes huppon þe asse fole and ure drihten seodþan rad þer-on uppen toward ierusalem.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)33 : Þe mon þe leie xii moneð in ane prisune, nalde he ȝefen al þet he efre mahte biȝeten wið þet he moste, xii beo ðer ut of?
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)63/19 : Þu werpest him ðer niðer, þat he lið istreiht upe ðare bare ierðe.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)86/605 : Constu bulden a bur inwið þin heorte..Ant euch bolt þrinwið briht as hit bearnde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3204 : He let makien ane dich..and he lette al þat wel weorpen þer an innen [Otho: þar-ine].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4875 : Sone he gan faren in toward Cornwalen, in-to Ex-chæstre..Ariuragus wes þer-innen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9303 : Tintaieol..is mid sæ-cliuen faste biclused, þat ne bið he biwunne þurh nanes cunnes monnen bute ȝif hunger cumen þer an-vnder [Otho: þar-honder].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13002 : Arður bræid heȝe his sceld buuen his hælme, and þe eotend smat þer-an-ouenan þat al he gon to-scenen.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)294 : Aboue þe walle stant a treo..Hit is ihote þe treo of luue, For lef & blosme beoþ þerbuue.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)265/142 : He wende it were sum foul wiȝt..Þo bi-cam he hardiore in godes name and þare-ner he gan gon.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.58 : Therhanne [Ld: Fram þennes] he wende to Eystrie, his owe manere mid riȝte.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)524 : A gyw some-time þare was In one churche him-seolf al one..he stod and bi-heol[d] þe rode..And þouȝte to don þe rode schame are eni man come þare-hende.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.King (Hrl 2277)90 : Hi ladde him to seint Edmundesbury ..& leide him þeradoun.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1211 : Merlin..vnderstode Þo þre it were þat souȝt his blod Þat þo riden þer-forbi.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.55 : Þere han [L inde] þe streen [read: streem]..brekeþ oute abrode in greet wawes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)108b/b : Venus haþ..his discomfort in soche a fallinge of þe signe þat is þereaforn [L oppositi] þat is virgo.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)1066 : For caym gaf him wid euil will, vr lauerd loked noght þar vntill Of þe tilth þat he wid delte.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)569 : Fyrst a tule tapit, tyȝt ouer þe flet, & miche watz þe gyld gere þat glent þer alofte.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)30/8 : Þe Reed See..es þer anentes vi myle brade.
- c1425(?a1400) Arthur (Lngl 55)591 : Other lordes þat weere deede Arthour sente in-to skotlonde And buryed ham þere..Muche folke þerhenne he toke þo..Of Northumber-lond also.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)42.217 : Iosephes past Ouer the se Clene by Myracle Certeinle, and so leften we there behynde Tyl God vppon vs wolde han some Mende.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2153 : Þen wyndis he to..the watir of wintir..Þare nere was fey for defaute enfamyschist his ost.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)20/34 : There besydes were eyght knyghtes that aspyed hem.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)611/35 : By the meane of sir Gawayn and his bretheren they sente for her moder there besydes, fast by a castel besyde Camelot.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)198/22 : Noone god of al that weryn ther al-aboute in al regions ne myght not defende thar land agaynes the assiriens.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)5070 : Ryght thys departed ther wais thes thre; Ther-thens to lusignen went Gaffray, To partenay went Terry.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6257 : Ȝiff þatt iss þatt aniȝ mann Þe shendeþþ oþerr werdeþþ, Þe birrþ himm biddenn don þe rihht & laȝhe þær onnȝæness.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9104 : Ȝho leȝȝde itt samenn all To þennkenn aȝȝ þær ummbe.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)101/10 : Ðe ilke mann..is ibunden mid heaued-senne and hes luueð and mast ðar embe spekð.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)34/561 : Þah hit beo egede isahe, hit ah, meiden, to eggi þe swiðe þer frommart [Tit: þerframward], for nawt ne þuncheð hit hire egede þet hit fondeð.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)23/174 : Of swuch larspel þu hauest ileornet þet tu art þer-onont al to deope ilearet.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)34/22 : Sweteliche bisecheð him ȝef he bit to seon ow, þet ȝe moten þer onont halden ow towart him, as ȝe habbeð idon & doð to alle oþre.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)217/30 : Ȝe shulen beon idoddet..fowr siðen i þe ȝer..as ofte ileten blod & ȝef neod is oftre; Þe mei beon þer buten, ich hit mei wel þolien.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)20789 : Bot þar enent [Vsp: þar egain], sais Ieronim, He wil noght take þe boke on him þou it be sua ouder nai.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1361 : Vpon a felle of þe fayre best fede þay þayr houndes, Wyth þe lyuer & þe lyȝtez..& bred baþed in blod blende þer-amongez.
- (1447) Shillingford33 : My lord the Bysshop of Excetre..receyved a long and right a diffuse letter..remyttyng my seide lord in the same yn to a long rolle of supplicacions by hym made ther a fore.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2456 : Arches with arows with atterd barbes, Gone þaim into galays & grathen þaim þarforne [Ashm: þam be-forne].
c
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)20/30 : Of þis what ȝe seiden in þe first chapitre of þe 1e parti of 'þe donet', þat in man..ben þe v þere seid outward wittis, it needith not to aske eny proof.
10b.
In tmetic constructions with adv. or prep.: (a) as dem. adv. or quasi-pron. with locative function: ~..binne, within that place; ~..in (inne), in that place, into that place, therein; ~..of, from that place; ~..on, in that place, on that object; ~..to, to that place, into that place; also, with ref. to a medicinal mixture of ingredients: to it or them, with it or them [quot. c1150]; (b) as dem. adv. or quasi-pron. with nonlocative function: ?~..after, after that time; ~..of, belonging to that or those; ~..to, to that, to it; (c) as rel. adv. with locative function: ~..an-innen, within which, wherein; ~..at, at which, through which; ~ (that)..from, from which, whence; ~ (that).. in, ~..inne, in which, within which, wherein; also, into which, at which; ~..to, to which; ~..under, beneath which, to the south of which; ~..upon, upon which; (d) as rel. adv. or quasi-rel. pron. with nonlocative function: ~..from, from whom; ~..in, of which, in which; (e) as subordinating conj. introducing locative adv. clauses: ~..from, to the place from which; ~..in, to the place where or in which; also, introducing locative noun clause functioning as obj. of prep.: aboven ~..inne, above the place where or in which.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Ic wille þet hi hit hælden swa kynelice..þet þær ne be numen of na geld..buton to þa munecan ane.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)30/2 : Þæt tempel wæs Gode gehalgod..ac þa gitsigende ealdorbiscopes geðafoden þæt þær ceping binnen gehæfd wære.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)147/1 : Neorxenewange is upprihte on easteweard þisse wurlde..Þær wuneð on Godes ængles unrim.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)35/12,13 : Nim þanne earixena wyrtruman and glædene more and swearte mintan..do þær æcern to oþþer hwætena flysma..meng þar þanne huniȝ to.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)16154 : He..draf all ut Þatt follc off Godess temmple Þatt tær wass inne unnlaȝheliȝ.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)45/19 : Ȝif ðar cumþ scip to hit tobrekð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)331 : Þe mete forð iwat, for þer fengen feole to.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)35/604 : Þis lond we wulleȝ wynne And sle þat þer is inne.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)214 : Heuen is heiȝ..Mani angles þer beþ an.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)203/34 : Vor þer ne may go out of þe uete bote zuych ase þer is inne.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)96 : At þe last lelly a litel hole he findes; Þere pried he in prively.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)167 : Ther haue þey..ȝolde..a coupe..Þer was purtrayd on..How Paryse ledde awey þe Queene.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4854 : Þere is anoþer ydle hatt Gangerides; Þere ben jnne castels and of poeple pres.
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- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 : Ic Theodorus ærcebiscop of Cantwarbyrig am witnesse of þas gewrite of Medeshamstede..ic amansumie ealle þa þær aniþing of breke.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)146/32 : Þær [in paradise] is ælc treow swa..heh þæt nan eorðlic mann..ne seggen ne cann hwylces cynnes heo synden; Ne fealleð þær næfre leaf of, ac heo byð singrene.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)39/24 : Alswo ðar behoueð to maniȝe þreades ær hit [web] bie fullwroht, al swo behoueþ to charite on alle ðines liues time michel embeþanc of þohtes and of wordes and of werkes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3888 : Þa þat wærc wes i-don & al þat þer bihouede to [Otho: bi-houede þar-tou] þa seide þe keisere þat to Brut-londe he wolde faren.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)887 : Þer sone after sche was ynome And yladde to hir dome.
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- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Þa com an mycel storm & todræfede ealle þa scipe þær þa gersumes wæron inne.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1137 : Hi dyden heom in quarterne þar nadres & snakes & pades wæron inne.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)23/32 : Þese mihtes..ðie muȝen scilden fram ðese ȝewerȝede gastes, and mid godes fultume..bringen ham to ðin earde, ðar ðu to gescapen were.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)63/550 : Nes nawt iteiet to þe treo þer he deide uppon to drahen buten fleschtimber.
- ?c1250 Ar ne kuthe (Gldh)9 : Of prisun thar ich in am bring me vt.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7698 : Me is swiðe muchel neod whar ich mihte on wilderne wurchen ænne castel þer ic mihte an inne lubbe [read: libbe] mid mine monnen.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)469 : Hi comen into þe castel þer Iosep was in.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)436 : Roulond..ne miȝte Abide to riden in at þe ȝate Þere otuwel rod in ate.
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)400 : The kyng of Northunberlonde Hade al the lond..Bituene a water that hatte Homber Ant Scotland ther yt urneth under.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)9 : Þis cowherd comes..to kepen is bestes fast by-side þe borwȝ þere þe barn was inne.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3907 : Lo Grenewych, ther many a shrewe is inne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2959 : Sche hirself beweileth, And torneth hom, ther sche cam fro.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2440 : Syn ȝe be lorde of þe ȝonder londe þer I haf lent inne Wyth yow..How norne ȝe yowre ryȝt nome?
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)243 : A galaye thus gane thay wynne, There the sowdane of those Sarazenes was inne.
- c1475 Why Nun (Vsp D.9)294 : Experience dyd me lede Owte at the ȝates there we com In.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3070 : A wicked soule..goþ to a vilens hous..Þere þat it shal neuere come fro.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3576 : If any of hem a childe haue, If it be so it be a knaue..þanne wole þei driue it sone To þe londe þere þat þe men in wone.
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- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2618 : Wilt ðu..ic go fear out And take sum wimman of ðat kin Ðor he was bi-gote & fostred in?
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)8/225 : I must go vnto my lord, ther I cam fro.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6438 : It stod all stille upp o þe lifft..abufenn þær þe child Was inne wiþþ hiss moderr.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)35 : Ga to þine feder burinesse oðer þer eni of þine cunne lið in.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)102/19 : Þai ga þare þai come fra.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)913/4 : The lyon toke hys lityll whelpe..and bare hym there he com fro.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)1976 : Sunne and mone and sterris bright..aboute..goo Til þei come þere þei come first fro.