Middle English Dictionary Entry
thē̆then adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thē̆then adv. Also thethine, theithen, theden, thithen, (WM) theothene & (early) þeððan, (Orm.) tethenn. |
| Etymology | From ON: cp. ONorw. þeðan, OI þaðan. The form thithen may show influence of ME thider adv. or thīne adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hethen adv., thenne adv.
1.
(a) Indicating the motion of the subject: from that place, from there, thence; also indicating the place of origin of someone or something; ~ oute; forth ~; (b) indicating the removal from a place of the object of the action: from that place, away from that place; (c) indicating a relative position in space: at a distance from there, distant, away.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1098 : Siþþenn ȝede he þeþenn ut To strennkenn i þe kirrke.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7492 : Ure allre land iss Paradis Forr þeþenn ut we comenn.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)364 : Werpeð ðus hire web..ðanne ge it haueð al idigt, ðeðen ge driueð.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3893 : Forð ðeðen he comen to salmona.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24981 : Sti til heuen..þeþin [Frf: þeiþin] sal he cum for to deme quik and ded.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)131.18 : Þethen sal i forlede Dauid horn; I graiþhed lanterd [read: lantern] to mi criste þerforn.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)5831 : Man sal yhelde acount alswa At þe dome, ar þai þeþen ga.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5431 : Þan pas þai thethen till a place of perlious bestis.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)548 : For shame and sclaundre sho was agast, Þar fore sho hyed hir þeþin fast.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)27.2 : Men liftis thaire hend in prayere til heuen; that is the custom of cristen men, for thethyn thai hope help.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2787 : Nu am ic ligt to fren hem ðeðen, And milche and hunige lond hem queðen.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6676 : Þof he to mine auter flei, Men sal him þeþen drau to dei.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)8945 : Þai drow it [tree] þedin and made a brig.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)1362 : Went he to þe tresory, To loke if þat his gest war cumen Þat þe tresore þeþin had nomen.
- c1450 NPass.(Add 31042)184/1586b : He tuke vpe the rode tree..thay sett it in a depe pitt ffor na mane solde it thethyne flitt.
c
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2498 : Men mithe þeþen a mile Here him rore.
- c1390 NHom.Abbess (Vrn)119 : Vr ladi..bad him bere þat child..to an hermyte þat wonede þeoþene Myles seuene.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)103 : He draue þam oure thurgh fell & fen To a uncouth place Tyll he some xxti dayes iournay þithen.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)102 : Iherusalem langage es ebrew; Ful fer þeþin was þou fed.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2745 : A litil þeþin in a stede A grete lord of þe land was ded.
2.
From that time, from that moment, thenceforth; ~ forth.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)18176 : Tæchenn himm..& teþennforrþ to þewwtenn Crist.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)93 : Þi beleafden heo heore timbrunge and to dreofden ȝeond al middeleard, and þeððan weren swa felen spechen swa þere wurhten weren.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)69 : Þenne sendeð ure louerd ihesu crist hem mid saule and mid lichame into helle to wuniende on eche wowe, ðe ðeðen forð shal wexen alse he seide.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)524 : He sware..he sold se þat ilk syght By þat day þeþin a fowretenight, On Saint Johns evyn.
3.
As quasi-noun or pron. in prep. phrases with from ~: (a) from that place, from there; also, from that source; (b) out of that place; ?also, away from that person [quot. a1425]; (c) from that fixed position; (d) from that point in time; from ~ forth, from that time on.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1879 : Iacob wente fro ðeden in sped.
- a1400 Rolle Encom.Jesu (Hrl 1022)187 : Þe mynd..enforces for to halde bysile in it þe swettest name of Ihesu; Sothly fra thethyn [vr. thythen] ryses a grete luf.
- ?a1400 Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Petyt 511)8715 : Þiþen [Lamb: ffro þenne to Londone euene he went].
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1018 : Þe tother world..God or-d[a]ynd anly for our byhufe..Þe ayre fra þeþen..Sustayns þe erthe here, þar we won.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)25416 : Confermede of þe apostoile of rome, His pallion fra þeþen to come.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 18.7 : He wente fro þeþen, ande enterde into þo house of one þat was called Tytus.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)74/21 : Fra thythin þay went seuen daye iournee.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8790 : Fro thethen the lycour belyue launchit doun evyn, Thurgh the goters of his gorge.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1988 : In helle..seli folc..stunden til helpe cam, Til ihesu crist fro ðeden he nam.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)4/68 : Bitrayd was he..and led furth..To Cayfas..And fro þeþin vnto Sir Pilate.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4345 : Fro thethyn broghte the Bretons all his bolde eldyrs Into Bretayne the brode, as þe Bruytte tellys.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)65/7 : Fra thethyn Alexander remowede his Oste & come to þe ȝates of Caspee.
c
- ?c1400 Treat.Geom.(Sln 213)58 : Take als mykel lande behynde ye as fro þethen to þe erthe and marke wele þat place.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)1123 : Fro þeþin sexti mile it was, and nowþer myn ne ma.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15040 : Næfre ma ne shall itt ben O nane wise filedd Fra þeþennforþ, fra Domess daȝȝ.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)835 : Quen þai had bath don þat sin Be-gan al baret to bigin..Fra þeþen [Frf: þen] first com ded to man.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)6357 : Fra þeiþen-forþ sir moises þer wandes bare in pris & prese.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)25 : He gaffe hym his syster Acheflour, To haue and to holde Fro thethyn till his lyues ende.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1068 : Fra þethen to þis ilk day þan is þat ilke place..Sagittarius..men gafe..to name.