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hith⋅er

  [hith-er]
Use hither in a Sentence
–adverb
1. to or toward this place: to come hither.
–adjective
2. being on this or the closer side; nearer: the hither side of the meadow.
—Idioms
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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE hider; c. ON hethra, L citer on this side
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

hither 
O.E. hider, from P.Gmc. *khideran (cf. O.N. heðra "here," Goth. hidre "hither"), from Gmc. demonstrative base *hi- (cf. he, here). Spelling change from -d- to -th- is the same evolution seen in father (q.v.). Relation to here is the same as that of thither to there.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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