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wiþer-cora

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wiþer-cora, an; m.
an adversary, opponent, rebel
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  • Wiþercora

    contrarius,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 75.
  • Ne sý hé sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiþercora (wiþersaca, v. l. rebellio),

      R. Ben. 113, 13.
  • Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc,

      Homl. Th. i. 530, 5.
  • Gesamnodon gehwylce ðwyrlíce wiðercoran, and wréhton ðone cyning tó his bréðer,

      468, 5.
  • Wiþercorum

    rebellibus,

      Wülck. Gl. 256, 31.
a reprobate person
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  • Wiðercora

    reprobus,

      R. Ben. Interl. 13, 8.
  • Mid micelre geornfulnysse gewilniaþ ða wiðercoran (the wicked in hell ) ðæt hí móton of ðære susle ðe hí on cwylmiaþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 332, 19.
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v.  -cora.
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  • wiþer-cora, n.