elsewhither

[ els-hwith-er, -with-, els-hwith-, -with- ]

/ ˈɛlsˌʰwɪð ər, -ˌwɪð-, ɛlsˈʰwɪð-, -ˈwɪð- /

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adverb Archaic.

in another direction; toward a different place or goal.

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Origin of elsewhither

before 1000; Middle English elleswhider,Old English elleshwider.See else, whither

Twenty years are come and gone since he left my home, and went elsewhither; but I will tell you as well as I can recollect.
The Odyssey|Homer
Custom might go elsewhither, Mr. Williams might profit as he pleased, but Tom had had enough of bar-keeping for that day.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
If she went to Paris or elsewhither for a few days, everyone in the village felt her absence.
Brittany|Mortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes
Eternity: thither, of a truth, not elsewhither, art thou and all things bound!
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History|Thomas Carlyle

Kari said he thought he might go elsewhither on a better journey, but still he would go if that were Njal's counsel.
The story of Burnt Njal|Anonymous