Talk:elsewho
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Who used it and when did they use it? DTLHS (talk) 20:00, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
The OED defines it as "(obsolete) anyone else". (although the example they give uses "elsewhom") SemperBlotto (talk) 20:04, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
- Etymonline and what I can see of the OED entry date "elsewho" to the 1540s / 1542, but the only citations I can find are modern nonce-y ones on Usenet: Citations:elsewho. There's a remarkable paucity of mention even in other dictionaries (old or modern), let alone other books. Century. which sometimes has usexes that can help with finding citations, has elsewhat, elsewhen, elsewhere, elsewhither and elsewise, but not this; Etymonline adds elsehow ("1660s"), elsewhence ("c. 1600") and elsewards ("1882"). I also spotted uses of "elsewhom". - -sche (discuss) 07:32, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- What citations does the OED have from the 1540s? DTLHS (talk) 16:44, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- "c1542 Udall in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1843) 4 I cannot persuad myself that your maistershipp hateth in me or elswhom any thyng excepte vices." SemperBlotto (talk) 16:53, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- What citations does the OED have from the 1540s? DTLHS (talk) 16:44, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- Anyway, this is probably cited now (two of the citations are good, two seem to be missing or slightly misusing a word), as is elsewhom. - -sche (discuss) 04:28, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
- I see two good citations, I don't like the other two. DTLHS (talk) 04:29, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:01, 3 July 2019 (UTC)