adv. Obs. [f. THENCE adv. + -WARD.] From that direction; thence.
c. 1440. Capgrave, St. Kath., III. 1015 (MS. Arundel). But this noble Adryan … had blisse I-now assigned to his part, He had so moche he was ful looth thens-wart.
c. 1440. Alphabet of Tales, 291. He delyverd þe Holie Lande oute of Saracens handis, and come fro thens-ward be Constantynople.
1600. Abp. Abbot, Exp. Jonah, 566. Whatsoever was to come, being to come from thence-ward.
