Wiþer-sæc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wiþer-sæc

n. I. striving, opposition, contradiction :-- Æt ðæs wiðersæces wæterum ad aquas contradictionis, Deut. 32, 51: Ps. Spl. 105, 31. Fram wiðersace tungana a contradictions linguarum, 30, 16. Genera mé of wiðersacum (contradictionibus) folces, 17, 45. II. denial :-- Hé (Peter) gemunde his micclan gebeótes, and mid biterum wópe his wiðersæc behreówsode, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 35. Heó worda gehwæs wiðersæc fremedon, ðæt heó frignan ongan; cwǽdon ðæt heó on aldre áwiht swylces ne ǽr ne síð ǽfre hýrdon, Elen. Kmbl. 1135; El. 569. III. apostasy, recusancy :-- Dæt heora (the Northumbrians) geleáfa wurde áwend eft tó Gode fram ðam wiþersæce ðe hi tó gewende wǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 63. Wearð geopenad his earman wífe his mánfullan behát ðam deófle ... Heó cýdde Basilie hyre cnihtes wiþersæc, i. 3, 408. [O. Sax. wiðar-sak, -saka contradiction.] wiþer-sæc