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wiþer-sæc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wiþer-sæc, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§593;
striving, opposition, contradiction
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  • Æt ðæs wiðersæces wæterum

    ad aquas contradictionis,

    • Deut. 32, 51
    • :
    • Ps. Spl. 105, 31.
  • Fram wiðersace tungana

    a contradictione linguarum,

      30, 16.
  • Genera mé of wiðersacum (contradictionibus) folces,

      17, 45.
denial
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  • Hé (Peter) gemunde his micclan gebeótes, and mid biterum wópe his wiðersæc behreówsode,

      Homl. Th. ii. 248, 35.
  • Heó worda gehwæs wiðersæc fremedon, ðæt heó frignan ongan; cwǽdon ðæt heó on aldre áwiht swylces ne ǽr ne síð ǽfre hýrdon,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1135
    • ;
    • El. 569.
apostasy, recusancy
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  • Ðæt heora (the Northumbrians) geleáfa wurde áwend eft tó Gode fram ðam wiþersæce ðe hi tó gewende wǽron,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 63.
  • Wearð geopenad his earman wífe his mánfullan behát ðam deófle ... Heó cýdde Basilie hyre cnihtes wiþersæc,

      i. 3, 408.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wiðar-sak, -saka contradiction.
]
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  • wiþer-sæc, n.