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wiþer-weard

  • adjective
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Grammar
wiþer-weard, (-word, -wurd), and -wierde; adj.
of direction, contrary
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of hostility or conflict, adverse, hostile; used substantively, an adversary, enemy, opponent, a fiend
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hostile to rightful authority, rebel
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of hindrance, contrary, opposed, that presents an obstacle, obstinate
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opposed to what is right, arrogant, perverse, depraved, reprobate, false; in special senses, heretic, apocryphal
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opposed to the good or pleasure of anything, unfavourable, adverse, hurtful, pernicious, disagreeable
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of diversity, contrary, opposite in nature, action, etc.
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Etymology
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Wið al folc he wes wiðerword,
    Laym. 6875.
Wiþerrwarrd onnȝænes Godd,
    Orm. 9667.
Ðis king him his wel wiðerward agen ðis folc,
    Gen. and Ex. 2935.
Goth. wiþra*-*wairþs that is over against; contrary
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O. Sax. wiðar-ward, -word hostile; displeasing
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O. H. Ger. widar-wart, -wert contrarius, adversus, adversarius.
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v. un-wiþerweard.
Linked entries
v.  wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wiþer-weard.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36192.

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