Wiþerweard-líc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wiþerweard-líc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wiþerweard-líc
adj. Unfavourable, adverse, hurtful. V:--Nis cristenum monnum nán ðing swá wiðerweardlíc and hefigtýme swá swá oferfyl nihil sic contrarium est omni christiano quomodo crapula, R. Ben. 63, 20. Warna ðé ðæt ðú nán þing wiðerwerdlíces ne sprece ongén Jacob cave ne quidquam aspere loquaris contra Jacob, Gen. 31, 24. [O. H. Ger. widarwart-líh tyrannicus.] wiþerweard-lic

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