Middle English Dictionary Entry
whē̆r-after adv. & conj.
Entry Info
Forms | whē̆r-after adv. & conj. |
Etymology | From whē̆r adv. & conj. & after prep. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) As interrog. adv. in direct question, with nonlocative sense: at what?;
(b) as rel. adv. introducing nonlocative restrictive adj. clause: in accordance with which, after which;
(c) as subordinating conj. introducing noun clause functioning as direct obj.: that which, what.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 SLeg.Geo.(2) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)85 : Þe folke apon þe walles stod…To se how þis maydyn suld be swalughed with þe dragon; ‘Whareftyr lokes ȝonde folke?’ quod Gorge, ‘why wonder þai one þe?’
b
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)13/21 : Þis was þe penaunce þat God on hym leyde & reule wheraftir he & al his osprynge schulde reule here fleisch.
c
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)6 : He ne may not be idel…for he haþ ynowe to doon to ryde or foot wel wiþ his houndes…and to loke wheraftir he hunteth.