Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Over here

    her, hierher, hierhin

    сюда́sjudá

    сюди́sjudý

  2. (archaic, literary, not comparable)To this place, to here.

    He went hither and thither.

    to this place (especially toward the speaker)

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither.

    deLeuchtende Schmetterlinge flogen überall umher.

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  2. "Hither to this shrine retire, / and share our safety or our death."

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  3. He rambled hither and thither.

    ruОн бродил туда и сюда.

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  4. The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went.

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  5. How came you to venture hither, noble Captain?

    deWas hat Euch hierher verschlagen, edler Kapitän?

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer.

From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer.

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