Wiþer-cirr

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wiþer-cirr

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wiþer-cirr
m. A going against, resistance :-- Ic gehýned eom, fáh and freóndleás; ic findan ne can wiðercyrr wið ðan of ðam wearhtreafum I am humiliated, proscribed and friendless; against this I can devise no resistance from hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1849; El. 926. [Cf. O. H. Ger. widar-ker; m. conversio: widar-kera; f. controversio.] Cf. ed-, ofer-cirr. wiþer-cirr
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