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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þadrê.
Pronunciation
Adverb
þæder
- there (to that place)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Hē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.- Then he got up safe and sound, as if woken from sleep, and began to wonder how he got there.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33
Lā bearn, nū gȳt ic eom ġehwǣde tīd mid ēow. Ġē mē sēceað; and swā ic þām Iudeon sǣde, Ġē ne magon faran þyder þe ic fare; and nū ic ēow secge.- O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go there which I go; and now I tell you.
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