Wiþer-cora

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wiþer-cora
m. I. an adversary, opponent, rebel: -- Wiþercora contrarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 75. Ne sý hé sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiþercora (wiþersaca, ), R. Ben. 113, 13. Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc, Homl. Th. i. 530, 5, Gesamnodon gehwylce ðwyrlíce wiðercoran, and wréhton ðone cyning tó his bréðer, 468, 5. Wiþercorum rebellibus, Wülck. Gl. 256, 31. II. a reprobate person :-- Wiðercora reprobus, R. Ben. Interl. 13, 8. Mid micelre geornfulnysse gewilniaþ ða wiðercoran (the wicked in hell) ðæt hí móton of ðære susle ðe hí on cwylmiaþ, Homl. Th. i. 332, 19. wiþer-cora

Related words: l. rebellio

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