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Thar(e)intill, Thairintil(l, adv. Also: tharintil, thairintile, -intle, -intyll, -into, ther(e)intill. [Thar(e adv. and Intil(l prep.]Very common in the 16th and 17th centuries.

1. In that place or thing. Also with plural referent. = Thar(e)in adv. 1.(a) c1456 Edinb. B. Rec. MS 2.
Ane wyndow, & ane oo, in the gavile of the said lordis land, & the vther eismentis that he has tharintil 1498–9 Highland P. II 197.
Gife I desire to bige ane hous … wpon the haitht wnder the crage and to duele thairintile it sal be leissum to me 1499–50 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 77.
Fyve persouns … to be berares and clengearis within this toune, to do and execute their lawbouris thairintill quhen ony sic … cais occurris 1513 Doug. ii iv 56.
He the haly hors … With violente strake presumyt forto deir And tharintil to fessyn his cursit speir 1528–9 Reg. Privy S. I 589/1.
Walter Huntar and ix utheris contenit in the signatour of respitt … and specialie nemmit thairintill 1533 Bell. Livy II 227/25.
Thareintill 1568 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots I 573.
Out of the quhilk realme we cannot pas, be ressoun of the troubillis ar thairintill 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 226.
Schir Williame Drowarie … maid sindry viages betuix Leith and Edinburgh for treating of aggrement betuix the parteis being thairintill 1582–3 Exch. R. XXI 561.
Lettres and executorialis to be direct theirupoun in maner specifiit thairintill 1591 Edinb. Test. XXII 348b.
Ane tymmer bed with ane fedder bed thairintill 1620 Edinb. Test. L 314b.
My bodie to be … buriet in the earth to remain thairintill quhill saul and bodie be conioynit togidder c1650 Spalding II 3.
[He was] transportit … to the committe of Estaites at Edinbrugh … quhair he wes wairdit, and lay miserablie thairintill 1677 Irvine Deeds MS 13 Nov.
Sufficient current money without any coppir or uther baice or layit coyn thairintill(b) 1545 Reg. Privy C. I 4.
It is … ordanit … that the Sheriff of Wigtoun and his part-takaris sall remoiff furth of the said abbay … and that na maner of personis remaine therintill bot the religious men and … thair … necesar servandis a1561 Norvell Meroure 5b.
All man is curst, was writtin there intill(c) 1531–2 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 118.
We ordand quhat burges deuly put upone the inquiest that revelis menes sawis said thairinto

b. In that affair, matter, action, state, etc. Also with plural referent. = Thar(e)in adv. 1 b.(a) 1489–90 Acta Aud. 139/2.
Nochtwithstanding the … lordis haid gevin a decrett contrare him … tuiching the landis of Gallowmure twa witnes alanerly beand deponit tharintill that [etc.] 1490 Acta Conc. I 153/2.
Quhilkis personis has takin the said mater on thaim & sall deliuer tharintill efter thar cunnyng & conscience 1496 Acta Conc. II 7.
That it [sc. a letter] may be brocht to the saidis lordis agane the sade day that justice may be ministrat thairintil as efferis 1510 Reg. Privy S. I 324/1.
The kingis grace sall warrand to the said Robert the saidis landis quhill the said George … be infeft thairintle 1526 Carnwath Baron Ct. (SHS) 56.
The quhilk day the pley betuix Thomas Ur & Jhon of Twodell of the birnyng of his hous the inqueist delait to mar [gap in MS] & the inqueist sall compeir at the nixt court & desyd thairintyll 1533 Bell. Livy I 175/26.
The faderis, quhen this mater was brocht afore thame, mycht nocht ordourlie gif thare consultacioun thareintill 1558–9 Edinb. B. Rec. III 31.
Quhilkis personis hes acceptit the said office … and ar sworne … to minister leillielie and trewlie thairintill 1558-66 Knox I 199.
Johne Knox, hearing the answer, … said, ‘Yf that be trew, I have long bein in ane errour, and I think I shall dye thairintill’ a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 748 (W).
I my self can be ane preife, And witnesse thairintill [Wr. thereuntill] 1600 Red Bk. Grandtully I lxxxi.
For his lang continewing in oure seruice and spending of his tyme thairintill 1606 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 20.
Scho tuik in hand to pruif his intramissioun and failȝeit thairintill 1632 Peebles B. Rec. I 372.
Johnne Robene … being creat … sworne and admittit javellour and keipar of the stepill and javill houssis [etc.] … hes gevin his grit aith of fidelitie thairintill 1645 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 56.
The said James Adam … acceptit the said office vpoun him, gave his aith for faithfull serving thairintill, and [etc.](b) 1508–9 Misc. Spald. C. II 264.
I sal be lele trew and afauld til him and his ayris … in al and syndri his actiones … and I sal gif to him and his airis the best counsale I can therintill 1563 Bk. Univ. Kirk I 33.
The … Assemblie to take cognitioun of the said appellatioun … and therafter to pronounce sentence therintill 1660 Glasgow B. Rec. II 445.
It was … agried wpon that ane addres … should be made to the kings most excellent majestie in name of this burgh and the provest … is appoyntit to be soll actour therintill(c) a1578 Pitsc. I 360/13.
He thocht he wald schaw him his mynd and haue his consall thairinto or he concludit ony forther in that matter 1581–2 Reg. Privy C. III 452.
The said compliner hes differrit the samin unto the tyme he knew his hienes and lordschippis myndis thairinto

2. Into that place. Cf. Thar(e)in adv. 2. 1492–3 Acta Conc. I 263/1.
Gif it sall ples our souerane lord to charge … Sir Johne to enter again in the castell of Edinburgh he sall tharintill incontinent eftir he be chargeit 1495 Acta Conc. I 415/1.
In cais the said vmquhile Alexander haid remanit to landwart & nocht within the said toune nor vsand the cours of merchandis therintill 1521 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 204.
Besse Broun is … banist the fredome of Edinburgh … be the authoritie of the provest … and nocht tocum thairintill in the meynquhill vnder the pane of [etc.] 1529–30 Edinb. B. Rec. II 20.
Jok Thomson and John Brovne … ar banuist this toune for thar demeritis, and nocht to cum thairintill but licence 1559–60 Soc. Ant. XI 522.
And enterit thairintill be sik force as we mycht nocht resist 1580–1 Reg. Privy C. III 361.
[They came to Reid castell] ledderit the same, [and] enterit perforce thairintill 1587–8 Aberd. Council Lett. I 26.
The saidis persones … bodin in feir of weir with convocatioun of oure lieges come to oure said burghe of Abirdene of purpois to haif enterit perforce thairintill 1597 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I 337.
It salbe lesum to the toun and young men thairof to big buttis thairin [sc. the kirkyard] and vse archerie and to repair and gang thairintill as they haif occasioun secludand all playes of futeball … and vther games out of it c1630 Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 145.
Sundrie ȝeairds, some of them with divers kynd of herbs growing and sett therintill