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wiþer-saca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wiþer-saca, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§10; §593;
an adversary, opponent, enemy
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  • Anticristus is on Lǽden contrarius Cristo, ðæt is on Englisc Godes wiðersaca,

    • Wulfst. 78, 13
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 376, 16.

  • Ǽlc ðæra ðe hyne tó cynge déð ys ðæs cáseres wiðersaca (contradicit Caesari),

      Jn. Skt. 19, 12.

  • Hér sýn on earde Godes wiðersacan, apostatan ábroðene,

      Wulfst. 164, 10.

  • Wiðersa[cena]

    contrariorum, inimicorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 471, 74.
a rebel
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  • Ne beó hé ná sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiðersaca

    non sacerdos sed rebellio judicetur,

      R. Ben. 112, 13.
an adversary at law, a prosecutor (?)
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  • Ðá andsweredon Pílate ða twegen wælhreówan wyþersacan, Annas and Caiphas, and cwǽdon: 'Lá, leóf déma, eall ðeós mænio secgaþ ðæt hé wæs of forligre ácenned,'

    • Nicod. 7
      • ;
    • Thw. 3, 32.
one who renounces or denies, an apostate
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  • Wiðersaca

    apostata,

      Hpt. Gl. 493, 26.

  • Wiðersaca (pervicax fidei)

    refragator vel negator,

    • 502, 65
      • :
    • Homl. Skt. i. 3, 413.

  • Gif munuc oþþe mæssepreóst wiðersaca wurðe mid ealle, hé sí ámánsumod ǽfre, búton hé ðe rædlícor gebúge tó his þearfe,

    • L. Eth. ix. 41
      • ;
    • Th. i. 348, 31.

  • Iúdas se wiþersaca,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 14
      • :
    • Mk. Skt. 14, 10, 43.

  • Under Juliane ðam árleásan wiðersacan

    (Julian the apostate ).

      Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 19.

  • Wé beódaþ ðæt wiðersacan and útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan,

    • L. C. S. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 378, 11.

  • Hý synt genemnede sarabagite oððe renuite, ðæt ys sylfedéman and wiðersacan,

      R. Ben. 136, 11.

  • Wiðersacena

    apostatorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 510, 54:

    apocryphorum, falsorum scriptorum,

      452, 58.
Etymology
[
Þat heðene cun is Goddes wiðersake,
    Laym. 12620.
O. Sax. wiðar-sako
:
O. L. Ger. wither-sacco adversarius
:
O. H. Ger. wider-sacho adversarius.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wiþer-saca.” 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/36178.

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