whitherward

[ hwith -er-werd, with - ]

/ ˈʰwɪð ər wərd, ˈwɪð- /

toward what place; in what direction.

Origin of whitherward

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at whither, -ward

Then said Hallblithe: “Wilt thou have me row, for I wot not whitherward to steer?”

The Story of the Glittering Plain |William Morris
So he pursued his way till night descended upon him, and still he drove ever forward, he knew not whitherward.

The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions |Howard Pyle
Consider well, I beseech you, whitherward these speculations tend.

Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4) |Jules Bonnet
We know now, after nearly a hundred years of trial, what that issue in the main is, and whitherward it still tends.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 |Various

Cast forth it will be; it must, or we are tending, at all moments, whitherward I do not like to name.

Latter-Day Pamphlets |Thomas Carlyle

whitherward

/ (ˈwɪðəwəd) /

archaic, or poetic in which direction