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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhereof, Whereoff, rel. adv. Also: quher-, qherr-; wher-, wheir-, whir- and -ofe. [e.m.E. and ME whereof (c1400), wherof (Piers Plowman B), (east midl.) qwherof (1469), huer-of (Ayenbite), early whæroffe (Orm).] a. interrog. = Quhareof A. b. relative. = Quhareof B in various senses.a. c1616 Hume Orthog. 16.
Not be the vouales quherof they be made 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 127.
Mr. Robert Blair … speared at hir, wheirof was ye made, Magie? … Whirof made he him then, Magy?b. (1) c1520-c1535 Nisbet I 2.
He has … brocht thame vnto his favour ag[ain] throw occasion quherof thai syng Ib. 3. c1590 Fowler II 100/33.
In consideration quheroff they applyed thame selfs to the forces off horsmen 1600 Facs. Nat. MSS III lxxvi.
And nocht far by that forme vitht the lyke stratagem qherrof ve had conferens 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 87b.
Quhereof this is the forme c1616 Hume Orthog. 29.
With s it [sc. the genitive] preceedes the word quherof it is governed 1621 Dumbarton B. Rec. App. i 4.
For the doinge wherofe it was ordanit also that [etc.] 1632 Ellon Par. Rec. 77.
[Margaret Ogg accused of giving to George Annand] ane lok of her hair … whereoff he could get no rest in mynd [etc.] 1634 Edinb. B. Rec. VII 153.
Wherof 1647 Sc. N. & Q. 3 Ser. VIII 75.
Quherof I hauld me weill content 1651 Elgin Rec. I 289.
Johne Chalmer hes receiued … fiftie nyne libs. 15 s. 6 d. wherof some licht money 1656 Rothesay B. Rec. 264.
[Owners of straying animals to] pay xx s. the horse, xx s. the kye … , quheroff the pundstar hes iiij s. and the rest to be devydit betuixt [etc.] 1674 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct.) 1 April.
Of horses 4 quherof 3 verie old and the fourth of ane midle age 1678 Douglas Bequest II 15 March.
These tuo merchand boothes wherof the ane heigh and the uther laich(2) c1616 Hume Orthog. 34.
If Abraham was justifyed be workes: he had quherof to glorie