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wiþ-habban

  • verb [ weak ]
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wiþ-habban, p. -hæfde
To hold out against, to withstand, resist
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  • Gif ðæs synfullan ingehýd bið gehrepod mid fyrhte ðæs upplícan dómes, ðonne wiðhæfð hé ðám unlustum,

      Homl. Th. i. 494, 9.
  • Ðæt wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde heaðodeórum,

    • Beo. Th. 1548
    • ;
    • B. 772.
  • Þurh ða gedurstignysse ðe folces men wiðhæfton (-hæfdon ?) ðære gelómlícan mynegunge ðe úre láreówas dydon,

    • L. Edg. S. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 270, 24.
  • Se ðe him ǽr geþúhte, ðæt him nán sǽ wiþhabban ne mehte, ðæt hé hiene mid scipum and mid his fultume áfyllan ne mehte,

    • Ors. 2, 5
    • ;
    • Swt. 84, 13.
  • Næs nán ðæs stronglíc . . . ðæt mihte ðam miclan mægne wiðhabban,

    • Cd. Th. 297, 18
    • ;
    • Sat. 519.
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v. wiþer-habban.
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v.  wiþer-habban.
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