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wiþer-tihtle

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wiþer-tihtle, an; f.
A counter-charge, cross-action
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  • Gif énig yfelra manna wǽre ðe wolde óðres yrfe tó borge settan for wiðertihtlan, ðæt hé gecýðe mid áðe, ðæt hé hit for nánum fácne ne dyde,

    • L. Ed. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 160, 5, and see note.
  • Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, hæbbe ðæt eall forspecen, and geandwyrde ðam óðrum swá hundrede riht þynce,

    • L. C. S. 27
    • ;
    • Th. i. 392, 5.
  • Cf. Si quis in placito per justiciam posito sui vel suorum causam injustis conterminacionibus (v. l. concriminationibus) vel contraposicionibus difforciet, hanc perdat, et de cetero rectum faciat, sicut hundreto vel judicibus videbitur ydoneum,
    • L. H. I. 34, 5
    • ;
    • Th. i. 537, 6-10.
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  • wiþer-tihtle, n.