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wiþerweard-líc

  • adjective
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Grammar
wiþerweard-líc, adj.
Unfavourable, adverse, hurtful.
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v. wiþer-weard, V.
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  • Nis cristenum monnum nán ðing swá wiðerweardlíc and hefigtýme swá swá oferfyl

    nihil sic contrarium est omni christiano quomodo crapula,

      R. Ben. 63, 20.
  • Warna ðé ðæt ðú nán þing wiðerwerdlíces ne sprece ongén Jacob

    cave ne quidquam aspere loquaris contra Jacob,

      Gen. 31, 24.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. widarwart-líh tyrannicus.
]
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  • wiþerweard-líc, adj.