Away, 1) absent, far: “thyself a. art present still with me,” Sonn. 47, 10. “or gluttoning on all, or all a.” 75, 14. “thou a., the very birds are mute,” 97, 12. 98, 13. “if the shepherd be a while a.” Gentl. I, 1, 75. “to discover islands far a.” I, 3, 9. “far from her nest the lapwing cries a.” Err. IV, 2, 27 etc. etc.
2) from a place: “the sound is going a.” Tp. III, 2, 157. “blow not a word a.” Gentl. I, 2, 118. “to steal a. your daughter,” III, 1, 11. “get thee a.” Err. I, 2, 16. “be all ways a.” Mids. IV, 1, 46. “stand a.” All's V, 2, 17; etc. etc. that I'll tear a. == tear off, Gentl. I, 2, 125. “do not tear a. thyself from me,” Err. II, 2, 126.
Joined to different verbs, it implies the idea of spending or destroying by the action: “till thou hast howl'd a. twelve winters,” Tp. I, 2, 296. “I'll weep what is left a.” Err. II, 1, 115. “kissed his hand a.” LLL V, 2, 324. “dream a. the time,” Mids. I, 1, 8. “curse a. a winter's night,” H6B III, 2, 335. “see a. their shilling,” H6B III, 2, 335. Make a. (cf. make) == to make away with, to destroy: “so in thyself thyself art made a.” Ven. 763. “threescore year would make the world a.” Sonn. 11, 8. To go a. == to pass: which shall make it (the night) “go quick a.” Tp. V, 304.
Away! == begone: Tp. V, 298. Gentl. II, 3, 36. III, 1, 101. IV, 4, 66 etc. etc. “Away with the rest!” Tp. IV, 247 (i. e. take the rest; elsewhere the expression has another sense, cf. with). “a. with us to Athens,” Mids. IV, 1, 189. “a. from me!” H6B I, 2, 50. “a. thy hand!” Hml. V, 1, 286 (Qq hold off).
“She could never a. with me,” H4B III, 2, 213 (== she could not bear me, cf. Ben Jonson's Poetaster A. III, Sc. 1).
Redundantly after whither: “whither a.?” Mids. I, 1, 180, == where are you going? Shr. IV, 5, 38. R3 IV, 1, 7. “whither a. so fast?” Gentl. III, 1, 51. LLL IV, 3, 187. R3 II, 3, 1. H8 II, 1, 1.
3) Come a. == come here, come to me: Tp. I, 2, 187. Tw. II, 4, 52. Wint. V, 3, 101. H4A II, 1, 24. Mcb. III, 5, 33. Per. II, 1, 17. To bring a. == to bring here: Meas. II, 1, 41. R2 II, 2, 107. Tim. V, 4, 68. Lr. II, 2, 146. Per. II, 1, 13. you must come a. to your father (== go with me) As I, 2, 60. to have taken it a. (== with you) Tw. II, 2, 7. “bring a. thy pack after me,” Wint. IV, 4, 318.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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