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wiþer-cweþan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wiþer-cweþan, p. -cwæþ, pl. -cwǽdon
To resist,
Similar entries
cf. wiþ-cweþan, III, wiþer-cwide
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  • Gemágnesse wiðsacende wiðercweðan (-en,

      MS.
    )

    importunitatem refutando frustrari (contradicere ),

      Hpt. Gl. 491, 32.
  • Wiðercwiðendum

    resistentibus,

      Ps. Lamb. 16, 8.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. widar-quedan contradicere.
]
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v.  wiþ-cweþan.
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