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Hither vs Hyther - What's the difference?

hither | hyther |

As adverbs the difference between hither and hyther

is that hither is to this place, to here while hyther is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

As an adjective hither

is on this side; the nearer.

hither

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (literary, or, archaic) To this place, to here.
    • He went hither and thither.
  • over here

    • Derived terms

    * hitherto * hitherward

    Related terms

    * thither * whither * hither and thither

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) On this side; the nearer.
  • * 1954', The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the '''hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, ''The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)

    • hyther

    English

    Adverb

    (-)

    • Derived terms

    * hytherto