Middle English Dictionary Entry
thē̆r-withal adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thē̆r-withal adv. Also therwithaule, -vithal, (?error) therwitha. |
| Etymology | From thē̆r adv. & withal adv. & prep. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) With ref. to a concrete object, substance, mental object, etc.: using that, with that as instrument, with it; (b) with ref. to an action or implied action: by means of that; (c) with ref. to a situation or set of circumstances: on that account, because of that.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1350 Guy(3) (Wales 572)228 : The ferst tim I s[e]y[e] thi bodi smal, Thu venymed me thar-wid-al.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.566 : A bagge pipe wel koude he blowe and sowne, And ther with al he broghte vs out of towne.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6823 : O deth, welcome! & no lenger lette Þi dredful dart to filen and to whette, My tendre hert þer-wiþ-al to ryve.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1776 : Erygona..toke a rope..And þer-with-al gan hir silf to gnare..hiȝe vp-on a tre.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)190 : By þat bord hang a mall; Þe knyght smate on þar-with-all.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1330 : If that ich, at Loves reverence, Have any word in eched for the beste, Doth therwithal [vr. therwythaule] right as youreselven leste.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)5.156 : Taak rubryk poured in sum litel shelle And therwithal the baak of euery bee A pensel touche.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)1685 : Take in dede A Boelys galle, & ther-with-al On bord, on cloth, or on a wal Portreye or peynte.
b
- c1390 Psalt.Mariae(2) (Vrn)280 : In vr lord þe lyked wel, And euer-more þou schal: Þerof þou graunte vs sum del, To fullen vs þer-wiþ-al.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.145 : He wele vnderstode of taliage was grete drede, It suld neuer do gode, ne þer withalle suld spede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2631 : For ȝour sake of deth I ne recche, Ȝif þer-with-al I myȝt ȝow agreen.
c
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3807 : Thurgh his body wikked wormes crepte, And ther with al he stank so horribly That noon of al his meynee..Ne myghte noght the stynk of hym endure.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5868 : Who-so list auarice knowe, Amonge prestis he shal it rathest fynde; For þer-with-al þei be maked blynde To her estat, þat þei may nat se.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)135a/b : Summe tyme it is so moche multiplied þat þe skynne is corupte & blakende and þer wiþ alle þe substaunce of þe ȝerde is corroded.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2312 : I trow þat man of lyve was nevir wors be-trayid Then I am; & þere-with-all my hert is cleen dismayid.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxxiii : Siche seruen not to Crist but seruen to her wombe, & þei ben fals þerwiþal.
2.
With ref. to a point in a sequence of events, a narration, or a logical sequence: at that point, thereupon, in response to that, then.
Associated quotations
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2346 : Emelye..gan to crye..And weep that it was pitee for to heere, And therwithal [vrr. þer wyth a; þan anone] Diane gan appeere, With bowe in honde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12506 : Bere til him þi hode, And on his wijs þou sal it lai, And þar-wit all [Göt: þar-widall], þus sal þou sai, 'Iesus he sal saue þe.'
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.253 : Whan he fil in any slomberynges, Anon bygynne he sholde for to grone And dremen of the dredefulleste thynges That myghte ben..And therwithal his body sholde sterte, And with the stert al sodeynliche awake.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1732 : 'The drede doth me so to smerte That with a swerd it stingeth to myn herte'..And therwithal [vr. thervithall] ful tenderly she wep.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)117 : I gan to fele An huge part relesed of my smert, And therwith-alle anon vp I stert.
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)56/15 : Seint Petre began to swere and afferme that he knew him not, and þerwithal the cocke crue.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)14/32 : 'I wyll wel,' said Arthur and pulled it out easily; And therwithalle syre Ector knelyd doune to the erthe.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)352 : When Gye had seyde thys reson, Therwythall he felle downe.
3.
With loose ref. to a set of objects, characteristics, circumstances, or actions, esp. when presented in a list or an enumeration: along with that or them, in addition to that or them, in addition; also, moreover, furthermore.
Associated quotations
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)128 : Þar-inne is vich balewes bote, blisse & Ioye & gleo and Gal; Þis bold, mayde, is þe bihote & vych o blisse þar wyþ-al.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4590 : Of bras they broghten bemes..Of horn, of boon, in whiche they blewe and powped, And ther with al they skryked.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26104 : Þan we sal þe pointes rede þat warrai scrifte al of has nede, And þar-wit-al sum questiones we sal vndo þe merk resons.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1168 : Polymyte a-side gan hym drawe By a forest..wonder dredful and lothsom of passage And ther-with-al ful of beestis rage.
- (1435) RParl.4.491b : Plese it youre wisdomes..That alle the Wolles, Wollefelles, and all oyer Merchandises..shipped in any Crikes, in contrarie of the Ordenance abovesaide, been forfait; and therwithall more over, that every persone..that at any tyme shippeth or doth shippe, any maner Wolles..go to the Staple aforesaide.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)426 : She had..The deuyne vertuhs, and ther-wyth-al The foure gret vertuhs clepyd cardynal.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)75 : This litil werk your humble oratour, Ye, therwithal your Chiualers, tavaile..to Crist the Conquerour Offreth for ye.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)22193 : I sawe A cloystre and A dortour, A chapytlehous and A ffreytour, And ther-with-al a ffayre Hostrye.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)356 : Hur syde longe, hur myddyll small, Schouldurs, armes therwythall, Fayrer myght non bee.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)6196 : Now is þe erthe greet oueral And wide strecchiþ him þerwiþal.