medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Rochelle Altman wrote:
> whence adv., conj. also used in gen. --
> always has a sense of "from where" --
> "where from"
Could be useful as an Allative expressor.
> whither v. basic meaning -- move rapidly
> to and fro (OE)
> whither adv. "where to? (OE)
> to which place...
> whither sb. rush about (Late ME) --[obvious
> late extended meaning]
>
> example compounds: whitherto [to what]
> and "whitherward" [towards what]
Could be useful as an Elative expressor.
Cheers,
Terrill (Who is wearing _his_ language hat, too!) ;)
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