adv. arch. [OE. ðǽrofer, ME. þer, þar ouer: see THERE 17 and OVER prep.]

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  1.  Over or above that, in position (or in transit; also in charge, rank, number or amount).

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xlv. 336. Ne he self nanne wæstm ðærofer ne bireð.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxvii. 35. Hiʓ to-dældon hys reaf and wurpon hlot þær ofer.

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c. 1220.  Bestiary, 64. Ðer ouer he fleȝeð.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 4157. Þer ouer standes a mikel tre.

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c. 1400.  Maundev. (Roxb.), xviii. 85. He berez it to þe kyng and makes þar ower many blissings.

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1535.  Coverdale, 1 Chron. xxiv. [xxiii.] 17. But ye children of Rehabia were many therouer.

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1558.  Phaer, Æneid, VI. Q j. Therouer dare no bird attempt to flie, for deadly dout.

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1870.  Morris, Earthly Par., III. IV. 235. in a dark blue kirtle was he clad, And a grey cloak thereover.

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1905.  Contemp. Rev., Feb., 208. To drive Man out of Paradise, and to keep watch thereover.

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  2.  fig. In reference to that (which is under consideration or observation, or is the object of occupation, discourse, or attention: see OVER prep. 4).

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1535.  Coverdale, Ecclus. xxxiv. 12. I … came oft in parell of death therouer, tyll I was delyuered from it. Ibid., John vi. 41. Then murmured the Iewes ther ouer, that he sayde: I am yt bred which is come downe from heauen.

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1870.  Morris, Earthly Par., II. III. 355. He … smiled to see his deep-set eyes and grave Gleam out with joy thereover.

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