Middle English Dictionary Entry
ō-whider adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | ō-whider adv. Also owhidre & (early) o-hwider, owhwider, och-wīder, ou-hwuder, (error) owðer. |
| Etymology | OE ā-hwider |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anywhere, to any place.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)4/27 : Ne bið neauer his hus for þeos hinen wel iwist for hwon þet he slepe oðer ohwider [vr. owhwider] from hame.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)89/22 : Ȝef he ohwider [Nero: ouhwuder; Cleo: ochwider] wende ut..he were eft..to deað idemet.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 5.25 : Þi seruaunt ȝide not owhider [Corp-O: o whydre; WB(2): to ony place; L quoquam].