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wiþer-steall

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wiþer-steall, es; m.
Resistance, opposition
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  • Wiðerstal

    obvix,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 22
    • :
    • 63, 22.
  • Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall, ne byð ðǽr nán wiðersteall (

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    cf. foresteall, Dóm. L. 146, where the Latin is : Ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis),
    ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó,

      Wulfst. 138, 6.
  • Næs Petrus gewunod tó nánre wǽpnunge, ac ðǽr wǽron twá swurd gebróhte tó ðam wiðerstealle, gif hit Crist swá wolde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 248, 4.
  • Mé hwílum biþ forwyrned þurh wiþersteall willan mínes,

    • Exon. Th. 268, 32
    • ;
    • Jul. 441.
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Cf. wiþ-steall.
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v.  wiþ-steall.
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  • wiþer-steall, n.