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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English hwider, alteration of hwæder, from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê.
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Adverb
whider
- whither
1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Squiers Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 133, verso:Thiſe olde wommen / þt been gladlẏ wẏſe
As is hir maẏſtreſſe . anſwerde hir anon
And seẏde madame / whider wolde ẏe gon
Thus erly / for the folk been alle on reste- These old women are, hapilly, as wise as their mistress, who now answered her, saying "Madame, whither are you going so early in the morning, while everyone is at rest?
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