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wiþer

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Grammar
wiþer, prep. adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§593; §645;
Grammar
wiþer, prep, with acc.
Against
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  • Míne ágen word wiðer (adversum ) mé wǽran georne,

      Ps. Th. 55, 5.
  • Uiððir ða

    adversus eos,

      Rtl. 168, 5.
Grammar
wiþer, adv.
Against, in opposition
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  • Wiþer

    infensus,

      Germ. 394, 366
      Similar entries
      cf. he wæh
  • Wiðer king þe wiðer wes an compe

      , Laym. 9287.
Etymology
[
Goth. wiþra
:
O. Sax. wiðar
:
O. Frs. withir
:
O. H. Ger. widar
:
Icel. viðr.
]
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v. wiþere.
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Word-wheel

  • wiþer, prep.; adv.