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wiþerweard-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wiþerweard-ness, e; f.
hostility, contention, opposition.
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v. wiþer-weard, I
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  • Nis ðǽr ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, ne nǽnig wiþerweardnes,

      Blickl. Homl. 25, 32.

  • Hé wearð grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes bútan ǽlcre scylde and ǽlcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine

    he (David) was greedy for the death of the good man (Uriah), who was without any crime against him and had shewn no hostility to him,

    • Past. 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 37, 2.

  • Mid wiðerwurdnessa

    cum aemulo,

      Hpt. Gl. 405, 32.

  • Sume sace wyðerwyrdnesse hit getácnaþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 198, 13.
perversity, frowardness, depravity, arrogance.
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v. wiþer-weard, IV
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  • Wiðirweardnis ł wyrs

    perversius,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 1.

  • Wiþerwerdnysse

    arrogantie,

      Anglia xiii. 371, 83.

  • Wyþerwyrdnysse,

      369, 56.

  • Wiðirwordnisum

    pravis,

      Rtl. 91, 24.
unfavourable condition, adverse circumstance, adversity.
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v. wiþer-weard, V,
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  • Seó wiþerweardnes

    adversa fortuna, adversitas,

    • Bt. 20
      • ;
    • Fox 72, 5, 9, 12.

  • Nán yfel ne mæg ðé geneálǽcan, ac ǽlc wiðerweardnys gewíteþ fram ðínre sáwle,

      Basil admn. 1; Norm. 34, 10.

  • Ðú ðé ne anhebbe on ofermétto on ðínre gesundfulnesse, ne eft ðé ne geortrýwe nánes gódes on nánre wiþerweardnesse,

    • Bt. 6
      • ;
    • Fox 16, 1.

  • On wiberwerdnesse

    in aduersitate,

      Wülck. Gl. 252, 4.

  • Wiðirwordnise,

      Rtl. 14, 20.

  • Hé ðisses middangeardes orsorgnesse ne gímð, ne him náne wiðerweardnesse ne andrǽt ðisse worolde

    qui prospera mundi postposuit, qui nulla adversa pertimescit,

    • Past. 10; Swt. 61, 8
      • :
    • 33
      • ;
    • Swt. 219, 2.

  • Hé sǽde ge hwylce wiþerwardnesse (-wordnesse,

      Bd. M. 330, 10
    ), ge eft hwylce frófre on ðám wiþerweardnessum (-wordnissum,
      Bd. M.
    ) him becom,

    • Bd. 4, 22
      • ;
    • S. 592, 17.

  • Geþyld on wiðerwerdnyssum,

      Scint. 12, 12.

  • On wiþerwerdnyssum

    in adversitatibus,

      62, 2.

  • Ða getreówfullan for Godes ege ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse (universa contraria ) forþyldigian scylun,

      R. Ben. 27, 7.
contrariety, diversity.
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v. wiþer-weard VI,
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  • Seó wiþerweardnes ðe wé ǽr ymbe sprǽcon,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • Fox 74, 32
      • :
    • Met. 11, 78.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wiþerweard-ness.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/36196.

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