Wiþer-cweþan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wiþer-cweþan

p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon To resist, cf. wiþ-cweþan, III, wiþer-cwide :-- Gemágnesse wiðsacende wiðercweðan (-en, MS.) importunitatem refutando frustrari (contradicere), Hpt. Gl. 491, 32. Wiðercwiðendum resistentibus, Ps. Lamb. 16, 8. [O. H. Ger. widar-quedan contradicere.] wiþer-cweþan