In phrases with verbs of motion expressed or implied: (a) onward to and into (a place, structure, etc.); (b) with verbs implying downward motion: down into (sb., a place); lighten ~, of Christ: to descend into (the Virgin Mary); also, with adv.: fallen doun ~; (c) onward as far as (sb. or sth., a structure), up to; driven ~ the gate, fig. to drive (sb.) to desperate measures; (d) with obj. which is formally a condition or state but which implies a physical place in which such a state obtains: ~ blisse, to (the place of God’s) eternal joy, to heaven; (e) into the presence of (sb., oneself), before; (f) comen ~, of a document: to come to (sb.).

In phrases expressing extension in space: as far as (a place, the end of a region); from…~, from (a region) as far as or to (a specified place).

In phrases expressing spatial orientation or direction: toward (sb. or sth.), in the direction of, at.

In phrases expressing nonspatial direction or development: to (a state or condition, a sin or vice).

In phrase expressing nonphysical association: touchen ~, of harm: to touch (sb.), come to (sb.).

In phrase expressing a change or transformation: into (a different form), to.

(a) Continually until (a time, an event, etc.), up to the time of (an occurrence); until (a specified day or time); also, in elliptical phrase: until the time of (sb.) [quot. a1400]; also, with adv. as quasi-noun obj.: ~ eft (tomorn, tomorwe); (b) continually for (a specified number of hours or days).

In subordination to (sb. or sth.), to; bouen ~.

(a) Into the possession of (oneself), to;—used in fig. context; (b) under the protection of (oneself).

For the use of (sb.); also, for the benefit of (sb.).

As (sth.), in the capacity of, for.

With respect to (sb.), as far as (sb.) is concerned.

Against (sb.).

Totaling (a specified number), to the number of.

In adv. phrase: ~ on, unanimously, as one.

In constructions expressing the indirect obj. or other dative relationship: (a) with verbs or verb phrases of giving, saying, speaking, complaining, teaching, showing, etc.: to (sb., oneself, God); (b) with verbs of pertaining, befalling, behaving: to (sb.); don ~, to do unto (sb.), behave toward; (c) with misc. verbs: apperen (listenen) ~, to appear (listen) to (sb.); assenten ~, give assent to (sb. to do sth.); also, with inf. as obj.: assenten ~ flesh to fillen, assent to sating the fleshly appetite; ben holden ~, be obligated to (sb.); feinen ~, with that clause: pretend to (sb. that sth. is so), feign to.

In constructions expressing the relationship between certain adjectives and nouns and the person or thing to which their application is limited: to (sb. or sth.), unto, for, of, toward [the precise gloss is highly contextual]: (a) with selected adjectives: like ~, like unto (sth.); obedient (obeiaunt) ~, obedient to (sb., a religious order), submissive to; (b) with selected nouns and noun phrases: dedes of merci ~, acts of mercy directed toward (sb.); subgetes ~, subjects of (a ruler); treue ladie ~, a true lady to (sb.).

In phrases with ben, rendering, or imitative of, a L dative of possession; ~ us be no lovinge, let us have no love; the more joie was me ~, the more joy I had.