Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

þǽr

  • adverb
Dictionary links
Grammar
þǽr, þár, þára; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §558;
There, where.
local,
with demonstrative force, (i)
there, in that place
Show examples

  • Hig cómon tó ðære stówe, and hé gebæd hine þǽr (

    ibi

    ) tó
      Gode, Gen. 13, 4 : 18, 24.

  • Gif ðú þǽr (ðér, Lind. : ðǽr, Rush.

    ibi) geþencgst ðæt ðín bróðor hæfþ ǽnig þing ágén ðé, lǽt þǽr (ibi )

    ðíne lác beforan ðam altare,
      Mt. Kmbl. 5, 23-24.

  • Hé wæs ána þǽr (ðér, Lind. : ðǽr Rush.)

    solus erat ibi,

      14, 23.

  • Hé his bigleofan þǽr feccan sceolde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 156, 6.

  • Gif þár man án bán findeð unforbærned,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 12.

  • Hé férde tó Bethania and lǽrde,hí þár (þǽr,

      MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 17.

  • Gé gegearwiaþ ús þára (ðér, Lind. Rush.)

    illic parate nobis,

      Mk. Skt. 14, 15.

  • Ic næs þára (

    ibi

    ),
      Jn. Skt. 11, 15, 31.

  • Swíþe earfoþháwe ac hit is ðeáh þára

    very difficult to see, but still it is there,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 31.
thither, to that place
Show examples

  • Wæs Hæsten þǽr cumen mid his herge,

      Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 16.

  • Ne mæg þǽr inwitfull ǽnig geféran,

      Cd. Th. 58, 18; Gen. 948 : Elen. Kmbl. 1467; El. 735.

  • Ic ðǽr cwom tó ðam hringsele Hróðgár gretan,

      Beo. Th. 4023; B. 2009.
with relative force,
where, in which place
Show examples

  • Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan, þǽr (þár MS. A. : ðér ł huér, Lind. : þǽr, Rush.

    ubi

    ) óm and moððe hit fornimþ, and þǽr (þár,
      MS. A. : ðér, Lind. : þǽr, Rush.)
    þeófas hit delfaþ and forstelaþ : goldhordiaþ eów goldhordas on heofenan, þǽr (þár, MS. A.) náðor óm ne moððe hit ne fornimþ, and þár þeófas hit ne delfaþ ne ne forstelaþ, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 19-20.

  • On wésten þǽr ǽr Adam forwearþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 29, 18 : 39, 5.

  • On ðære byrig þǽr se cyning ofslægen læg,

      Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 13.

  • Sum feóll ofer stánscyligean þár hit næfde mycele eorðan,

      Mk. Skt. 4, 5.
whither, to which place
Show examples

  • Ic lǽrde on temple þár (þǽr, MS. A. : ðiddir, Lind. : ðider, Rush.

    quo

    ) ealle Iudéas tógædere cómon,
      Jn. Skt. 18, 20.

  • In ðam éðle ðǽr hé ǽr ne cwom,

      Exon. Th. 27, 26; Cri. 436.

  • Tó ðam lande þǽr ðé lust myneþ tó gesécanne,

      Andr. Kmbl. 588; An. 294.
in correlative combinations,
þǽr ... þǽr
there (where, thither, whither) ... where (there, thither, whither)
Show examples

  • þǽr (þár, MS. A.) ðín goldhord is ðǽr (þár, MS. A.) is ðín heorte

    ubi est thesaurus tuus, ibi est cor tuum,

      Mt. Kmbl. 6, 21 : 18, 20.

  • Sceáwa þǽr dust and drýge bán, þǽr þǽr ðú ǽr gesáwe fægre leomu,

      Blickl. Homl. 113, 21.
where the two forms are not separated, and may be translated by
where
Show examples

  • God gefilde mid flǽsce þǽr þǽr ðæt ribb wǽs,

      Gen. 2, 21.

  • Mín þén biþ þǽr þǽr (þár þár, MS. A.) ic eom

    ubi sum ego illic minister meus erit,

      Jn. Skt. 12, 26.

  • Man mót hine gebiddan, beó þǽr þǽr he beó,

      Homl. Skt. i. 13, 67.
with a demonstrative and relative force, as in modern
where, whither
Show examples

  • Ðæt hí geworhten stǽnene weal ðǽr se cásere hét eorþwall gewyrcan,

      Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 8.

  • Ðæt hí woldan andlyfne niman ðǽr hí hit findan mihton,

      1, 15; S. 483, 39.

  • Se monlíca wunode þǽr hié strang begeat wíte,

      Cd. Th. 155, 4; Gen. 2567.

  • Hé nǽnne ne mæg gebringan þǽr hé him gehét,

      Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 4.

  • Ðá becom hit þǽr se cynincg feóll,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 208 : Beo. Th. 718; B. 356.

  • Far þǽr ðú freónda wéne,

      Exon. Th. 119, 29; Gú. 262.
metaph. usages,
there, in that case, then
Show examples

  • Þǽr ðú cýþdest ðæt ðú nystest ... þá ðú sǽdest ðæt ...,

      Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 2.

  • Hú ne is se anweald þonne þǽr náuht

    is not, then, power in that case nought?

      16, 2; Fox 54, 7.

  • Geðence hé ðæt hé biþ self suíðe gelíc ðám ilcan monnum ðe hé ðǽr ðreátaþ,

      Past. 17; Swt. 117, 16 : 54; Swt. 425, 22 : 12; Swt. 75, 13
    (but see note on the last passage).
Þǽr þǽr then when, when, þǽr
when
Show examples

  • Ðý læs hié selfe ácwelen ðǽr ðǽr hié ða óðre lácniaþ

    ne alios medendo ipsi moriantur,

      Past. 48; Swt. 371, 11.

  • Ðǽr ðǽr ús God forbeád

    cum nos Deus prohiberet,

      59; Swt. 451, 5.

  • Sín ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra geseald óðrum folce þǽr ðú on lócie (

    videntibus oculis tuis

    ),
      Deut. 28, 32.

  • Hí clumiaþ mid ceaflum þǽr hí sceoldan clypian,

      L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 308, 21.
in case that, if
Show examples

  • Ðǽr wé ús selfum démden ðonne ne démde ús nó God

    si nosmet ipsos dijudicaremus, non judicaremur,

      Past. 53; Swt. 415, 5.

  • Ðǽr mín ágen folc mé hýran cúðan

    si plebs mea audisset me,

      Ps. Th. 80, 13 : Bt. 32, 2; Fox 78, 1 : 37, 3; Fox 100, 4 : 36, 2; Fox 174, 5.

  • Geornor wé woldon beón forsugiende, þǽr wé for eówerre ágenre gnornunge móste,

      Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 122, 10 : Exon. Th. 375, 20; Seel. 141 : Cd. Th. 279, 7; Sat. 234.

  • Ðǽr Moyses ne hulpe

    si non Moyses stetisset,

      Ps. Th. 105, 19 : Past. 46; Swt. 355, 4 : Cd. Th. 49, 24; Gen. 797 : Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 5.

  • Ðár ðú nú gemyndest ða word ðe ic ðé sǽde on ðære forman béc, ðonne miht ðú be ðám wordum genóg sweotole ongitan ðæt ðæt ðú ǽr sǽdest ðæt ðú nystest

    si superiora concessa respicias, ne illud quidem longius aberit, quin recorderis, quod te dudum nescire confessus es,

      Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 21.
preparing the way for the subject,
there
Show examples

  • Ðá com þǽr rén and þǽr (þár, MS. A.) bleówun windas

    et descendit pluvia et flaverunt venti,

      Mt. Kmbl. 7, 25, 27.

  • Þá æt sumum cirre cómon þǽr sex scipu tó Wiht,

      Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 18.

  • Eálá hwæt þǽr wæs fæger eáðmódnes geméted on ðære á clǽnan fǽmnan,

      Blickl. Homl. 9, 21.

  • Þǽr is mid Estum án mǽgð,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 13.
in combination with suffixed prepositions the word has the force of a pronoun; see the forms given as compounds (though the attachment is rather slight, see e. g.
þær-on) which follow.
Etymology
[Laym. þar, þare, þear : Orm. þær : A. R. þer : Gen. and Ex. ðor : Hav. þor, þore : O. Sax. O. L. Ger. thár : O. Frs. thér : O. H. Ger. dár, dára. Cf. Goth. Icel. þar.]
Linked entries
v.  þár.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þǽr.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31455.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • þǽr, adv.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.