thereas

Middle English

Conjunction

thereas

1. where; in the place where.
   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xx”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book IV, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 74, recto; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 147, lines 22–24:

     And euery day of thre dayes he strake doune twenty knyghtes therfore they gaf hym the pryse & forthe with all he wente there as the lady Ettard was and gaf her the serklet

     And [for] every day of three days, he struck down twenty knights, therefore they gave him the prize, and forthwith he went thereas the lady Ettard was, and gave her the circlet.