thither

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But one night there came two very grim and horrible giants thither from the Welsh Mountains and these entered into the castle by treachery and made prisoner of the lord of the castle.

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  1. adverb To or toward that place; in that direction; there: running hither and thither.
  2. adjective Located or being on the more distant side; farther: the thither side of the pond.

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  • Indeed, O charioteer, bear me thither, making the steeds adopt a tolerable speed,--thither, that is, where are seen the Valhikas with diverse weapons uplifted in their arms, and the countless Southerners headed by the Suta's son and whose division is seen to present a serried array of elephants and steeds and cars and in which stand foot-soldiers from various realm.' —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
  • Into Thy hands_--thither Jesus passed from the Cross and the cruel hands of men; thither have passed the lost ones of our love; thither, too, we in our turn shall pass. —  The Teaching of Jesus
  • But one night there came two very grim and horrible giants thither from the Welsh Mountains and these entered into the castle by treachery and made prisoner of the lord of the castle. —  The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
  • I had come thither, and the change was as if I had passed from a mountain stream to a stagnant pool. —  Devereux — Complete
  • 'And among these valleys,' I said, 'will I linger out the rest of my life, and among these quiet graves shall mine be dug, and my secret shall die with me I rented the lonely house in which I dwelt when you first knew me--thither I transported my books and instruments of science. —  Eugene Aram — Complete
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English thider; see to- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English thider, thyder, thydur, thuder, theder, thedur, thudere, from Anglo-Saxon thider, thyder = Icelandic thadhra, thither; cf. Gothic (Moesogothic) thathrō, thence, then; from tha, the pronominal base of the, that, etc., + -der, a comparative suffix seen also in hither, whither, after, yonder, etc. Cf. Sanskrit tatra, there, thither.
  2. from thither, adv.
 

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