Middle English Dictionary Entry
thē̆r-with adv.
Entry Info
Forms | thē̆r-with adv. Also therewiþþe, theirewith, (error) þewith. |
Etymology | OE þǣr-wiþ; also cp. ME thē̆r adv. & with adv. & prep. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
With ref. to an abstraction, an abstract entity, a command, etc.: (a) against that or it, against those; from it or them; parten ~, to separate (oneself) from it, cease it; (b) taken ~, to receive it, be presented with it; also, be fed with it [2nd quot.; cp. OI taka við].
Associated quotations
a
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)187 : Sume leien on here sunnes and ne wolden hem naht forleten..oðer bigunnen to beten and hem þarwið buregen and milce beden.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)304 : Silde him elch man þe hwile he mai wið þos helle pine; warnie his frend þar wið swo ic habbe ido mine.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)11 : Þe deuel..makeð þe unbilefulle man to leuen swilche wigeles..and bringeð him on helle wowe; crist us þarwið silde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3695 : I wot, for I so wept, I wrouȝt nouȝt þe best, but I miȝt nouȝt þerwith.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28109 : For me liked þat þai wald say, I said not ans þar-wit nai.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1504 : Thus comaundyth charlys..And thy self be so bold to seye nay þere with, þu schalt ben honged.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)96 : Fro this prologe I passe & part me þer with.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4754 : Þe sexte mahht iss hæfedd mahht & Drihhtin swiþe cweme, Þatt tu rihht nohht dreriȝ ne beo Forr nan eorþlike unnseollþe, Acc take bliþeliȝ þærwiþþ & þannke itt Godd wiþþ herrte.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11707 : Whase itt iss þatt nohht niss off To takenn wiþþ þiss fode Swa summ himm takenn birrþ þærwiþþ Wiþþ clene lif & læfe, Þatt mann iss þwerrt ut shadd fra Crist.
2.
(a) With ref. to a concrete object: with it or them in one's possession; (b) with ref. to a substance, an abstraction, etc.: in combination with it or them, mixed with that, with it, into that; medlen (mengen) ~; ben ~, to display it, be characterized by its presence; (c) with ref. to an object, a group, an abstraction, etc.: along with it, in company with it or them [1st quot. could also be construed as sense 1.(a)]; also in fig. context; (d) with ref. to a proposition, a statement of fact, etc.: accorden (ben) ~, to be in agreement with that; also, conform to that, match up with that [quot. ?a1450].
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1861 : Þe werwolf was glad he hade wonne mete and went wiȝtli þerwiþ þer as William rested.
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)458 : Þis seyd perkyn his heed fro london brigge by twey wel faryng men was take fro þennis and soon a pon þat þees twey men were take þer wiþ and a rested.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)759/2 : A wolfe..toke þe chylde ouȝte of þe cradell and ran to þe wode þer-with.
b
- c1390 Psalt.Mariae(1) (Vrn)270 : Þe lord of liht..of his owne propre cheld [L scuto, read: sputo], Mengyng þerwiþ cley..Maad a blynt mon so [read: se].
- c1400 Sln.468 Cook.Recipes (Sln 468)88.24/6 : Medele þe blod with al & put galentyn þerwith.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)55 : Take of lekes þe leeues and..of modirwort and of peritorie..and stampe hem and swynes grece þerwith, and make a playstire þerof.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)183b/a : Take..two li. of hony and þre pottellis of wyne..and ȝif þe pacient euerye daie a litel verre..wiþ a dramme of þis pouder þat foloweþ medled þer wiþ.
- a1450 The tixt of holy writ (Dgb 102)198 : I nel deme þe in ryȝtwisnes, But medle þerwiþ mercy and grace.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)9a : Tak all þe bonis, and do bray hem in a morter al smal and þe flesch þerwyth.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)105a/a : The signys of þis maner vlcus ben þese: That oþirwhile he is wiþouten open putrefaccoun and oþirwhile þerwiþ.
c
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)51 : He gederede michel ferde mid alle and sende in to ierusalem and com him self þerwið and bilai þe burh.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)762 : Loke..Anon, so þu hast sinne wrouht, While it is newe in þi..þouht, Anon to shrifte þat þu gange; Ne dwelle þu noht þerwid to longe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.476 : Age..Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith; Lat go, far wel, the deuel go ther with [vr. þere wiþþe].
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)1361 : Þeo cors was on a bere bore; Mony mon þerwiþ can gon.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)12/7 : He garte semble a grete Oste, and sent Alexander thedir þare wit to feghte wit þam.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)2103 : Þis rewle if þou may ȝeme & saue, We grant þe entre here to haue; And if þou may not þerwith lend, We grant þe lefe frely to wend.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)170a/a : J haue drawen many a quarel out of þe substaunce of þe brayn þat substaunce of þe brayn come þerwiþ in greet quantite.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)97/32 : Vche voys yn his ordre ys al hool whenne it ys stiryd yn þe Eyre þat berys it, & þat self noble spiritalte stirrys þer-with, so þat part mellys noght with part.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)267b/b : Þis beste..brenneþ nought in fuyre..as Isidorus seiþ þere, and plinius acordeþ þerwiþ at alle poyntes.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.394 : Man was made of suche a matere he may nouȝt wel astert Þat ne some tymes hym bitit to folwen his kynde; Catoun acordeth þere-with.
- a1425(c1400) 5 Wits (Hrl 2398)18/35 : Þe fourþe wynde is blasfemye..Aȝenst þis most þou principaly stoppe þy wyndow, for what þat euere he be..þat wolde induce or teche þe eny nywe adinuenciouns..oþer þan haue ben vsed by holy seintz and doctours of Holy Churche, contrarie or impertinent to Iesu Cristes gospel..oþer he is þerwiþ oþer euene contrarye.
- ?c1450(a1388) Wallingford Exafrenon (Dgb 67)215 : Also ofte as Saturne..be in hoote signis and drye, and the quarter of the yere acorde therwith [L quadrante anni consimili], the cald shal be lessid.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)90b/a : Launkfrank seiþ..and I my silf also acorde þerwiþ þat whane þe blood goiþ furiously out of ony greet veyne or arterie þat þou schalt sette þi fyngir vpon þe mouþ of þe veyne.
3.
(a) With ref. to a concrete object or an animate being: in addition to it or them; (b) with ref. to an abstraction, an action, etc.: in addition to that or those, besides that [sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2.(c)]; also, with loose ref.: furthermore, moreover, besides.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4326 : Þann were spacli spices spended al aboute..to eche freke þerinne, and þe wines þerwith, wich hem best liked.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.4.21 : Iahel þe wyfe of aber toke anayl of þe tabernacle, takynge þer wiþ an hamer.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7262 : He..þat hus he feld..And slogh his faas, him-self þar with [Frf: him-seluen wiþ].
- ?c1400 Dur-U.Menus (Dur-U Cosin V.3.11)40.3/5 : At þe ii cours, swannes & herouns, fesauntes..& drop þerwith to potage.
b
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)147 : Tweie þinges it wole þe teche..lat þi sinne and do god..Ac to late þi sinne al onliche Nis noht inouh, sikerliche; Þu most don god forþ þerwid, If þu wolt haue merci.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)140/27 : Þe hassasis..ys bliþe huanne he heþ þe heste onderuonge of his maistre, þet þe perils and þe pinen an þane dyaþ he onderuangþ þerwyþ mid to greate blisse.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.123 : In this world was noon so fair on lyue; He was ther with fulfild of gentillesse.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.87 : Whoso is trewe of his tunge, telliþ non oþer, Doþ þe werkis þerwiþ, & wilneþ no man ille, He is a god be þe gospel on ground & on lofte.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.170 : No wyght nis blisful but yif he be God also therwith.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)241 : Then at erst hath he Al his desir, and therwith al myschaunce.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Conf.(Dub 245)337 : Þise newe confessiouns han don myche good in þe churche, & þerwiþ myche harme.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.59 : He preyȝit to God þat ȝyf he ȝeue hym rychesse, þat he schulde ȝeuyn hym þerwyt largesse of herte.
4.
(a) With loose ref. to an event, a speech, or an action: in response to that, that being done or said, at that, thereupon, at once; ?also, suddenly [last quot.]; (b) with ref. to an action: in doing that, at it.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3804 : Out his ers he putteth pryuely Ouer the buttok to the haunche bon, And therwith spak this clerk this Absolon.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)10462 : Anna ȝaf hir þis vnswere..Vtayne þerwiþ [Vsp: wit þis; Göt: wid þis word] gon to tene.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)232 : He watz no tytter out-tulde þat tempest ne sessed; Þe se saȝtled þer-with as sone as ho moȝt.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.1484 : Ful pitously Heber dide expire In þe presence of þis Achilles, And þer-with cam in a sodeyn res In-to his tent a certeyn knyȝt of his.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)275 : Such a lust anoon me took To slepe that ryght upon my book Y fil aslepe, and therwith even Me mette so ynly swete a sweven.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.10/18 : If a bonde man quietely a yere and A day in oony towne pryvylegyd haue i-dwellyd so that in here communite..haue be receyuyd and as a cytysyn haue be receyvyd, evyn þerwith fro his bondage is delyuered.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)19/18 : His hors was slayne undernethe hym, And therwith kynge Lot smote doune kyng Arthur.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)70 : As he pleide at þe chesse & byheld the kyng..som tyme hy and som tyme lowe..he thought þerwith þat hit wold be so with him.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)126/567 : How þat blyssid lady vanysshid fro me I cannot sey, in so myche þat I had no parfite sight of hir at þat tyme of hir departing, And she left theerewith my saule.
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- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.6.31 : He steleþ þat he fulfille þe hungrynge soule; caȝt þerwith forsoþe [L deprehensus quoque], he shal ȝeelden þe seuenefold.
5.
(a) With ref. to a concrete object: with that as an instrument, using that or those, with it or them;—occas. used pleonastically; also, as rel. adv.: with which [last quot.]; that..~, with which; (b) with ref. to a material, substance, medicinal preparation, etc.: with that or it;—occas. used pleonastically; also, as rel. adv.: with which [quots. c1330 & ?c1400]; that..~, with which; (c) with ref. to a sum of money, a treasure, wealth, etc.: with that, by the use of it, through the expenditure of it; (d) with ref. to an abstraction: with that, by it, by means of it; (e) with ref. to an action, a process, an activity, etc.: by doing so, by that, with that; (f) with ref. to a situation, circumstance, etc.: with that as cause, on account of that circumstance, because of that; also, with loose ref.: consequently.
Associated quotations
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)912 : Ȝiff þatt Godd ne mihhte nohht Þa belless herenn ringenn, Whannse þe preost wass shridd tærwiþþ To gan till Godess allterr, Godd wollde himm wrekenn o þe preost.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)46/9 : Meiden..streche forð þet swire scharp sweord to underuon..ȝef ich mahte þerwið.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)113 : A seli vnplondischse Man þat nakede saiȝ him go..ȝaf him ane olde Mantel..his licame he heolede þare-with.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)639-40 : For keuel..þat in mi mouth was þrist faste y was þe-with [read: þer-with] so harde prangled Þat i was þe-with [read: þer-with] ney strangled.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)878 : A lynene cloþ he nom and byclupte him þerwiþ al-so.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3828 : Is suerd he drou þere Vor to asaile him þerwiþ.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3777 : That hoote cultour in the chymenee heere, As lene it me; I haue ther with to doone.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)320a/b : An Instrument of tree..is round and broode with an hole þerInne, and þe creme is y-beten and y-stered þer wiþ.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1074 : Wit þe chafte ban of a ded has Men sais þat þar wit slan he was.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)307/2 : Þat iren þat þou schalt make þi cauterie þerwiþ schal haue a litil round knap tofore.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.33 : He..bad bette kut a bow other tweyne, And bete betoun þer-with [C: þer-myd].
- a1425 Arth.& M.(LinI 150)975 : A wyndow þer was mad þo And a corde tyȝed þerto To drawe þerwiþ al thyng.
- a1450(?1409) Vision Staunton (Roy 17.B.43)63 : I saw þe women þat had side trayles..cut of with fendes and ybrent on here hedes, and summe toke of þe cuttyng all brennyng and stopped þerwith here mowþis.
- (1454) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 496 : For feschyng of a stone from Chelvey to grynde colers therwith, j d.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)370/414 : Take yone holy palme and go to þi nacyon..and towche hem ther wyth.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1772 : Sche ȝede vp in-to the tour and brouȝt hem a-down..hys spere also that was in hys syde, there-with longens made hym a wounde wyde.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6484 : Her iss litell oþerr nohht I þiss land off þatt sallfe..Þatt lic þatt smeredd iss þærwiþþ..Ne maȝȝ itt nohht affterr þatt daȝȝ Lihhtlike wurrþenn eorþe.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)12/166 : Þet swote smirles..þet is icleopet basme wit þet deade licome þet is þer wið [Tit: terwið] ismiret from rotunge.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1638 : Þat sper he sheof to his heorte, þer com out water & blod; His eyen þer-wiþ [Vsp: þer-withe] he wypede and his siȝte wel goed.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6772 : Þes comen vp..Wiþ fiften c þousinde And wiþ þe stouer of to ȝare Þerwiþ þai miȝt wele fare.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)138 : A noynement anon sche made of so gret strengþe bi enchaunmens of charmes..þat whan þat womman þer-wiȝt hadde þat worli child ones wel anoynted..he wex to a werwolf.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)310b/a : Siricum is pigmentum and þerof is y-made þe colour þat hatte pheniceus, þer wiþ [L quo] chief lettre of bookes ben y-write.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)11570 : With here teres þat she lete, þarwyþ she wyssh Ihesu fete.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3631 : If he ani waith mai gete, He suld him dight þar-of to ete, For war he þar-wit [Frf: þar-of] ans fedd, Ar þat he deied..His benisun wald he him giue.
- ?c1400 Cursor (Arms 57)13513 : He bad geder þe relef on hepis Þerwiþ þei filled twelue leepis.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)88b/a : Gader an herbe þe whiche is cleped bursa pastoris..& leie it to þe wounde as þou wolde stoppe alle þe wounde þerwith.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)120/6 : Ȝif þis herbe be sothyn with smal-hache..and afterward þe hyndere parte of þe hed of þe man þat is seke be weel wasched and weel froted þer-wyth, It helyth and vnbyndyth an ewyl þat men clepyn þe lytarge.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)62 : Ho-so wole stampe wermode with vinegre and oynt him þer-with, him dare nat drede gnattes ne flen.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)80 : If hit be temperyd with old gleyre, thou mayst worche therewith anone, and if hit be newe gleyre, let hit stond iij or iiij days, and thanne make letterys therewith.
- a1500 Cmb.Diseases Hawk (Cmb Ll.1.18)42 : Take..saxifragie and..sperge and medell hem to geder..And atte euery mele anoynte his mete yerwith.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3972 : He þat etiþ more þan he sholde..Harme he doth his body to And synne to his soule also, And distruccioun of mete doþ he Þat oþer þerwith y-fedde mighte be.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)79/17 : Golthord is goddede þe is to heouene ieuenet, for me hit buð þerwið.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)33 : Heore londes and heore leodes huy delden alle a-þreo..To feoffen heore children þare-wiz echon.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3174 : Gold and siluer he hauen vt brogt, Ðe tabernacle dor-wið wurd wrogt.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5566 : Þey mowe be saued ȝyf þat þey..ȝyue aȝeyn þat yche þyng Þat þey haue take yn okeryng; ȝyf þey mow nat aȝen hyt ȝyue, Helpe þe pore men þer-with to lyue.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.93 : Wiþ þe residue & þe remenaunt..I wile worsshipe þerewiþ [vr. þe with] treuþe in my lyue.
- (1431) Plea Sharpe in RS 28.5 pt.1 (Hrl 3775)455 : Ȝe may getene a hundred and ten thousand pounde..and fynde ther wyth a thousand Knytes wel rented be ȝere.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2728-9 : Haue here, Mankynd, a thousend marke..Þou mayst purchase þerwyth bothe ponde and parke And do þerwyth mekyl note.
- (1461) Will York in Sur.Soc.30247 : As for my nother guddes, I will beseke you..to se my dettis be paide, and I hertly beseke you to se my gudis that leves..to tender my childer ther with.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)259 : Wolde it oure Lord cryst..That charlys hadde thys gold at home in hys pouste, he myȝt þere-with a-mende al cristiante.
d
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)8488 : My flesshe tempteþ me mykyl; Vnneþe ys hyt day ne oure Þat y ne am þar-with tempted soure.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)244 : Þe speche þat men wit mast may spede, Mast þar-wit to speke war nede.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.16 : He..ȝaf ȝow fyue wyttes For to worsshipe hym þerewiþ whiles ȝe ben here.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)60 : Did not Jonas in Jude suche jape sum-whyle? To sette hym to sewrte, vnsounde he hym feches: Wyl ȝe tary a lyttel tyne and tent me a whyle, I schal wysse yow þer-wyth as holy wryt telles.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.243 : Love is he that alle thing may bynde..And strengest folk ben therwith overcome.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)22/30 : Mercury is a planete that yeueth influence of pontificalle behauynge and of faire langage arayed with retorik; Therfore it is seide to the good knyghte that he scholde be arayed theire-with.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.79.55a : Þou gost oute be bodili wittes and sekist þi mete and þi likynge as a best of þe flok..and þerwiþ þou fedist þi þouȝtes and þin affeccouns, wilk arn vnclene as kydes.
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- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3600 : Crist wass hirde god inoh Þatt ȝaff hiss aȝhenn sawle, To lesenn hise shep þærwiþþ Ut off þe deofless walde.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)295 : Ðus is ure louerdes lage luuelike to fillen; her of haue we mikel ned ðat we ðar wið ne dillen.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)784-5 : Þilke duk þat þe ring found Wiȝ þameral spak and round, & ful wel þerwiȝ he spedde; þe children þerwiȝ fram deþe he redde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3371 : Eche lud þenk on his lemman, and for hire love so fiȝt, to winne worchip þerwiþ in worlde for evermore.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)919 : Þou, man, þat has vndertaken þi wijf red, and min for-saken, Ne sal þou nawight þar wit win.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.884 : Wol ye don o thyng, And ye therwith shal stynte al his disese?
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)27/3 : He wiþdraweþ fro hem þat he hem lente, to proue þerwiþ which þei ben þat hym wole not loue for his good deede.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1989 : Anone aunswere he shal hym yif And telle what medicine thei shal take Therewith þe sike man hoole to make.
- a1500(a1400) Libeaus (Lamb 306)2024 : J venymed hem bothe..Ther-with oure fone to felle.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)51/57 : He shulde ete bene-breed..his estate ther-with to strengthen.
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- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)34/30 : Ah sone se hit ischawet bið birewsinde i schrifte, þenne scheomeð me þer-wið.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)46/9 : Ȝef ha hit stunken, ham walde wleatie þer wið & eornen to schrift.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)7.160 : We knowen þe writer of hem, luke, to ben a phisisien..we take heed þerwith [WB(2): therfor] all his wordez to ben medycyne of þe langwysing soule.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4066 : He loued hire so that wel was hym ther with.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5241 : Þys prest..Broght a sarysyn to crystyn lawe; A-noþer sarasyn of paynye Hadde þerwyþ grete enuye.
- c1415 Chaucer CT.Sum.(Corp-O 198)D.2235 : Þe ru[m]blyng of a fart and euery soun Nys but of eyre reuellacioun [Heng: reuerberacioun] And þer-wiþ wasteþ litel and litel away.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.897 : Also thynk, and therwith glade the, That sith thy lady vertuous is al, So foloweth it that there is some pitee.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)300/3 : Whan þe flesch sufferyth penauns or hardnesse, it grucchyth þer-with.
- (1472) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8523 : Owr buschers..sell un to pepyll der fleche yt ye pore pepyll gruchis gretly thar wyt.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.19 : The latelest lord loghe opon heȝte, And Gauan grechut ther with.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)360/16 : Whan Geffray was come doun, hys sheld about his neck and the knyghtis paueys in his ryght hand..and in his other hand the purse with the money, hys bretheren..were abasshed therwith.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10162 : For the dethe of this dere myche dole rose..And to Troiell was told; hym tenyt þerwith.
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With ref. to a concrete object, an animate being, an abstraction, etc., with verbs or verb phrases expressing notions of handling, treating, dealing with, etc.: with it or that, with them; don (faren, pleien, etc.) ~, don thin best ~; also without verb, in phrases: in-to the oven ~, up ~.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)23/229 : Þer wes sorhe to seon on hire freoliche flesch, hu ha ferden þer wið.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)orig.draft 476 : Take þou þanne my gode stede, þy best þer with to do.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1184 : Now lat me medle ther with but a while.
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)224/2 : He þat haþ þe vertu of sobrenes & kepeþ hit may do þerwith and lede it as him lust, as men may lede an hors wiþ a bridel in þe mouth.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)7 : It passith not the boondis neither the capacite of resoun forto entermete therwith and forto iuge and ȝeue kunnyng ther upon.
- ?a1450 Chaucer TC (StJ-C L.1)2.1093 : He kiste tho the lettre þat he shette..This Pandare vp therwith [Corp-C: This Pandare toke the lettre].
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)469/3 : Devuls tuke his saule, an[d on] þe to syde of a vayle all of burntstone þai playd þerwith as wha played at þe fandyng of þe hand-ball.
- (1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.30147 : First, I bequeth my soule to Gode Fadere Allmyghty, therewyth to do his blissyde will.
- (c1461) Paston (EETS)2.343 : As for myn body, he may don þer-wit as it please hym.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.141 : Þe cours of kende and of þe planetys staant al in þe wyl of God, to doon þerwyt qhat he wele.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)707 : The cake I haue cawght here in good sothe..Now into the ouyn I wyll therwith.