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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1438, 1499-1638
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Ȝondir, -er, -yr, adv. Also: -ar, yonder, yhondyr, ȝounder. [ME and e.m.E. yonder (Cursor M.), ȝonder (Trevisa), younder (1641).] Over there, at a distance (but within sight). b. Hither and yonder, hither and thither, this way and that. 1375 Barb. xii 114.
Thai that ȝonder [C. ȝondir] fechtand ar a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi 450.
Lo ȝondir Godis lame ?1438 Alex. ii 1726.
Ȝonder ȝe may se … ȝon tua knichtis c1420 Wynt. vi 1866.
The fyrst he hard say … 'Lo, yhondyr [C. ȝondyr] the Thayne off Crwmbawchty!' a1500 Henr. Fab. 2396.
He hang it ȝonder that na man suld it steill a1500 Peblis to Play 79.
To lat thame gang besyd ȝow ȝonder Of Peblis to the play 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 880.
Thir musis nine lo ȝonder may ȝe se 1513 Doug. ii i 33.
Quhar stude the navy, lo the place ȝonder [Ruddim. ȝounder] down 1513 Doug. xiii Prol. 159.
Ȝondyr dovn dwynys the evyn sky away 1540 Lynd. Sat. 2337.
I se them ȝonder cummand a1578 Pitsc. I 92/4.
Ȝondar is ȝour sistir sone lyand a1603 Anc. Prophecies 21.
Yonder is Falshoode fled away And Laughtie blowes his horne on hieb. 1638 Baillie I 142.
After many words hither and yonder, the marqueis shewing, that he had commission to punish faultie bishops
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