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wiþer-rǽde

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wiþer-rǽde, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§593;
Adverse, contrary
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  • Aduersus is nama þwyr oððe wiðerrǽde,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Zup. 240, 1.

  • Wiþerrǽde

    contrarius,

    • 47
      • ;
    • Zup. 275, 6.
where there is ill-will, at variance, hostile
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  • Ðæra Persiscra cyning wæs ðam Cásere wiþerrǽde,

      Jud. Thw. 162, 24.

  • Ongeán ðam wíslícan rǽde, ðe of Godes ágenre gyfe cymð, se wiðerrǽda deófol (the devilish adversary ) sǽwð réceleásnesse,

      Wulfst. 53, 7.

  • Wurdon wiðerrǽde se cyng and se eorl,

    • Chr. 1104
      • ;
    • Erl. 239, 24.

  • Woldon ða wiþerrǽdan hǽþenan mid micelre fyrde faran on hergoþ on ðæs Cáseres anwealde,

      Jud. Thw. 162, 36.

  • Þeówum Godes ealle ðyses middaneardes wiþerrǽde synd

    servis Dei cuncta hujus mundi contraria sunt,

      Scint. 62, 4.
where there is opposition to duty, rebellious, contumacious
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  • Gif hé gyt wiðerrǽde bið, hé líchamlíce wrace mid swingelle þolige

    sin improbus est, vindicte corporali subdatur,

      R. Ben. 48, 11.

  • Ðæt Israhéla folc wearð on ðam wéstene wiðerrǽde ongeán God,

      Homl. Th. ii. 238, 10.

  • Ne beó gé wiþerrǽde wið eówerne Drihten

    nolite este rebelles contra Dominum,

      Num. 14, 9.

  • Se cásere wolde gewylclan mid wíge ða leóda ðe wiþerrǽde wǽron, and his ríce forsáwon,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 4.
out of harmony, repugnant, offensive, disagreeable
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  • Wiðerrǽde ðú eart mé

    scandalum es mihi,

      Mt. Kmbl. 16, 23.

  • Nis nán ǽ wiðerrǽde þusgeworhtum mannum,

      Homl. Skt. i. 17, 60.

  • Ðeós wyrt bið ðam góman stíð and wiðerrǽde for mete geþiged,

      Lchdm. i. 300, 10.

  • Wulfes tǽsl hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde (unpleasant, rough?) and þyrnyhte,

      282, 15.
adverse, not fitted to further the good of anything, unfavourable, disadvantageous
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  • Mín wíf is for manegum wintrum untrum, ðam wæs ǽlc lǽcecræft wiðerrǽde (no medicine suited her),

      Homl. Th. i. 22, 44.

  • Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned on wiþerrǽdum stówum (in places not favourable to growth) wið wegas and hegas,

      Lchdm. i. 228, 17.

  • On feldum and on wiðerrǽdum stówum,

      304, 3.

  • Rihtwís þoligende wiþerrǽde

    justus tolerando aduersa,

      Scint. 12, 7.
contrary, of an opposite nature
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  • Stán is gesett ongeán ðone hláf, for ðam ðe heardmódnys is wiðerrǽde sóðre lufe,

      Homl. Th. i. 252, 19.
  • Twá wiðerrǽde ðing geðeódde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, ðæt sind ymhídignyssa and lustas,
      ii. 92, 13.

  • Hæfð se yfela gást seofonfealde ungifa, and ða syndan wiðerrǽde mid ealle ðyssum gódum Godes gyfum,

      Wulfst. 52, 10.
Similar entries
v. wiþer-rǽdness; wiþ-rǽde.
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v.  wiþer-rǽdness wiþ-rǽde.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wiþer-rǽde.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36173.

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