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wiþer-cwide

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wiþer-cwide, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§593;
Resistance, opposition, contest
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  • Ðæt twelf hída land butan ǽlcum wiðercwide seó ágefen tó Wigornacestre,

    • Chart. Th. 131, 25
    • :
    • Chart. Erl. 162, 1.
  • Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde ongeán lahriht gewyrce,

    • L. Eth. v. 31
    • ;
    • Th. i. 312, 8.
  • Ðǽr hí wiðercwyde wæteres hæfdon

    ad aquas contradictionis,

      Ps. Th. 105, 25.
  • Ic on unriht lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde

    vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem,

      54, 8.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. widar-queta contradictio.
]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • wiþer-cwide, n.