Wiþer

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wiþer

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(?), es;

wiþer
n. Opposition, resistance :-- Hé hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrúnen, wlonces wígcræft; wiðres ne trúwode, ðæt hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, Beo. Th. 5899; B. 2953. [Þa ich wer i wide sæ, wiðer com toȝenes, þet weder wes swa wilde, Laym. 4678. Cf. His wiðerfulle hine, þo ben deules on helle, O. E. Homl. ii. 51, 21. Wiðerfulle cheorles, Laym. 21520.] and preceding word. wiþer

Related words: wiþere,

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