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wiþ-winnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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wiþ-winnan, p. -wann, pl. -wunnon
To strive against, resist
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  • Went hé mid ealle cræfte ongén ðæs óðres geðyld, ðe him ðonne giet wiðwind

    (eum obsistentem fortiter ),

    • Past. 33
      • ;
    • Swt. 227, 7.

  • Eallum his wordum hí wiðcwǽdon and wiþwunnan

    cunctis quae dicebat contradicere laborabant,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 503, 17.

  • "Nis nán wuht ðe mæge swá heágum góde wiþcweþan." Ðá cwæþ ic: "Né wéne ic ðæt ǽnig wuht sié ðe wiþwinne"

    non est igitur aliquid, quod summo huic bono possit obsistere. Non, inquam, arbitror,

    • Bt. 35, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 160, 31.

  • Hwæt wilt ðú cweþan, gif hwá nylle wiþwinnan,

    • 36, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 182, 6.

  • Ðone anwald maeg wel reccan se ðe ǽgðer ge hine habban cann ge wiðwinnan

    potentiam bene regit qui et tenere illam noverit et impugnare,

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 113, 21.

  • Ðeáh ðe hé swýþe wiþwinnende wǽre

    quamvis multum renitens,

    • Bd. 4, 28
      • ;
    • S. 606, 17.

  • Ða biscepas sǽdon ðæt ealle godas him irre wǽren and wiðwinnende,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 114, 4.
Similar entries
V. wiþer-winnan, wiþ, II. 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wiþ-winnan.” 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/36286.

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