adv. arch. [f. prec.: see -WARDS.] = prec. 1.
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxix. § 5. He … tiohhode hit ðeah þiderweardes.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, xxiii B. 724. Heo … ofer þa hnescan yða þæs wæteres eode swa swa heo ær dyde þyder-weardes.
13[?]. Sir Beues (A.), 125. Þederwardes he gan gon Wiþ outen demere.
1484. Cely Papers (Camden), 149. On Tewysday nexte they schall departe theder warddes.
1592. Marlowe, Edw. II., V. ii. So, now away! post thitherwards amain.
1756. Phil. Trans., LV. 189. The air of the lower regions [is] flowing thitherwards.
a. 1850. Rossetti, Dante & Circ., I. (1874), 40. I had occasion to … go thitherwards where she abode.
1886. Cornh. Mag., July, 43. A number of rough labouring men strolling thitherwards.
