[hith
-er] 
| 1. | to or toward this place: to come hither. |
| 2. | being on this or the closer side; nearer: the hither side of the meadow. |
| 3. | hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there: They scurried hither and thither to escape the rain. |
| 4. | hither and yon, from here to over there, esp. to a farther place; in or to a great many places: He looked hither and yon for the coin. She went hither and yon in search of an answer. |
| hith·er (hĭth'ər) adv. To or toward this place: Come hither. adj. Located on the near side. [Middle English, from Old English hider; see ko- in Indo-European roots.] |
hither and thither
Also, hither and yon. Here and there, as in I've been wandering about, hither and thither, or Ruth went hither and yon, searching for her sister. These old words for "here" and "there" are rarely heard outside these expressions, which themselves may be dying out. [c. a.d. 725]