Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hideran (cognates: Old Norse heera "here," Gothic hidre "hither"), from Germanic demonstrative base *hi- (compare he, here). Spelling change from -d- to -th- is the same evolution seen in father, etc. Relation to here is the same as that of thither to there.
例文
1. Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
難民たちは安全な場所を求めて逃げ回っている。
2.He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.
彼は遊び相手を探しにぶらぶらしていた。
3.He tramped hither and thither.
彼はあちこちをさまよっている。
4.Why,with such rank in the learned world,had he come hither ?
彼は学界でこれほど地位が高いのに、なぜここに来たのだろうか。
5."Come up hither ,Hester,thou and Little Pearl,'said the Reverend Mr.Dimmesdale.