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wiþer-breca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wiþer-breca, an; m.
An adversary
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  • On eallum dǽdum Godes wiþerbreca,

      Blickl. Homl. 175, 8.
  • Nis ðé wiðerbreca nymðe Metod ána,

    • Cd. Th. 251, 20
    • ;
    • Dan. 566.
  • Se (Ishmael) bið wiðerbreca wera cneórissum,

    • 138, 7
    • ;
    • Gen. 2288.
  • Wæs ðu geðafsum wiðerbracæ (adversaria) ðínum; ðý læs gesellæ ðec ðe widerbracæ tó dóme,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 25.
  • Gif ðæ wiðerbraca (Satanas ) ðone wiðerbraco drífes,

      12, 26.
  • Wiðerbrecan

    obpositum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 24.
  • Hé his wiþerbreocum sorge gesægde,

    • Exon. Th. 120, 2
    • ;
    • Gú. 265.
  • Ðú forbriccest wiþerbrecan

    conteruisti adversarios,

    • Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 7
    • :
    • Cd. Th. 4, 35
    • ;
    • Gen. 64.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. widar-brechinta repugnantem.
]
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