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wiþer-breca

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an adversary, opponent.
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  • Þeáh . . . ealle þá streámas hunige flówen, and him þonne ne sié ofer eorðan nǽnig wiðerbreca,

      Verc. Först. 114, 9.
  • Þú slóge ealle wiþerbrecan mé

    percussisti omnes adversantes mihi,

      Ps. Vos. 3, 8.
one who resists, an obstinate person
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  • Hé hæfde ǽnne ofermódine cniht and micelne wiðer-brecan

    superbum valde atque contumacem puerum habuit,

      Gr. D. 36, 6. See next word.
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