Concerning this; regarding this matter; about this (archaic or dialectal).
Compound of here (Old English her) and anent (from Old English on-efen, meaning 'alongside' or 'concerning'). The word 'anent' itself is archaic and Scottish, making this a doubly archaic compound expressing relationship or relevance to a matter.
'Anent' is a Scottish gem—still used in legal documents—and 'hereanent' shows how archaic English could pile prepositions together to specify 'concerning this thing right here,' which modern English handles with simple words like 'about' or 'regarding.'
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