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Thar(e)on, Thairon, adv. Also: thar(e)-, thairone, -un, thaeron, theron. [ME and e.m.E. þæronne (Orm), þer an, þar on (both Layamon), þer on (c1400), theron (1525).]

1. On or upon that thing, animal, piece of land, etc.(a) 1375 Barb. x 745 (C).
Ane castell, A leddir wp to the wall standand And a man thar-on clymande [E. wp thar-apon] a1400 Leg. S. xl 507.
Ane alde coble thare he fand … & put it to the se … & lap thare-one a1400 Leg. S. xlii 255.
Thane bad he schellis & brynnand cole Straw in the floure, … & nakyt thare-one hire rol Til scho of ded had quyt the tol c1400 Troy-bk. i 291.
To this cite … Come Jasone … With Hercules and thar menȝhe, Ilk man arayit in thar degre … Levalyt in lyk, with frountys braid Thai liking had thar-one to luk 1513 Doug. v xiv 48.
Sik wordis he said, grippand the helmstok fast, Lenand tharon 15.. Sym & Bruder 22.
Syne schupe thame vp … Twa tabartis of the tartane Thay comptit nocht quhat thair clowtis weis Wes sewit thairon incertane 15.. Christis Kirk 104 (M).
He hecht to pers him at the pape, Thairon to wed ane wedder a1578 Pitsc. I 92/9.
Schir Patrick … callit vpone his hors and lap thairon 1637 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 129.
The said vmquhile Andro lord Fraser … built the said kirkstyle himselfe and erected his armes and name thairon 1669 Rothesay B. Rec. 167.
That nane keip horses except they be langellit on the commoune and … that they be keipit or langellit thairon longer then the first of June nixt(b) 1502 Ch. in Orkney 293.
In this toun ther wantis ane pennie ob terre … quhilk … can nocht be gottin quhill owgang and landemaris be theron 1634 Argyll Reg. Acc.
Enterit the bowhouses of Altbea haveing theron xxx great ky and their followaris

2. On or about that subject or matter, in that. ?1438 Alex. ii 2303.
Gif I be set on hie intent To win pryce or auancement, Thairon suld na man think ferly c1420 Ratis R. 976.
Fore wyll thow glaidly intermet Thow sal nocht wyne thare-one a byt 1429 Reg. Episc. Brechin. I 42.
Fourty punde … to be rasyt … to the sustentatioun of twa chapellanys, and sex chyldir to uphald and minyster Goddys seruice in the sayde qwere and kyrk, as it sal be appunctit in my euident, and the byscoppys and the cheptouris thaeron to be made 1456 Hay I 28/24.
He gert geve all beneficis till all that wald mak cost [pr. coft] thareon a1500 Rauf C. 374.
Ȝone man that thow outrayd Is not sa simpill as he said, Thairun my lyfe dar I layd That sall thow heir and se a1500 Seven S. 410.
Justing and tor[na]mentis … Tharon his hart allhale was set 1513 Doug. i iii 80 (Sm.).
Bid Eolus … clois the presoun of wyndis, and thairon ring 1514 Facs. Nat. MSS III xi.
All the … evidentis be ws … considerit … has deliuerit decretit and be the chepter of the lawbuk redd thareon for finale dome gevin that [etc.] 1515 Fife Sheriff Ct. 16.
He mycht lesumily be the law refuse to gif his aith tharone c1520-c1535 Nisbet I 2.
The new testament a buke quharin is writtin … the actis and dedis baith of sic as beleve tharon and of thame that beleve not 1596 Moysie xxi.
We had … bushe in court quhen we lykit to await theron 1612 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II 206.
Thairone

3. (Immediately) after that, thereafter. 1565–6 Edinb. Old Acc. I 504.
For the bering of dailles and pouncheonis … with the gibbett and madin, to mak ane scaffald and awayiting thairon the day quhen Thomas Scot was justefeitt 1645 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 48.
Alexander Clark actit him to releive his said cautioner of the premisses, and of all that may follow thairon