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† ˈwitherward, a. Obs. Also 5 witerward. [OE. wiþerweard (cf. OHG. widarwart, -wert, Goth. wiþrawairþs), f. wiþer-, wither-1 + -weard, -ward.] Hostile, inimical.
c888ælfred Boeth. xi. §1 Þeah hit nu hefiᵹ sie & wiðer⁓weard. 971Blickl. Hom. 223 Him þa hæðnan men wiþer⁓wearde wæron. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xii. 25 ælc ceaster oððe hus, þe byð wiþerweard onᵹen hyt sylf, hyt ne stent. c1200Ormin 9667 Wiþerrwarrd onnᵹæness Godd. c1205Lay. 6875 Wið al folc he wes wiðerward. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2935 Ðis king him his wel wiðer-ward Agen ðis folc. 13..A. Davy Dreams 20 No strook ne ȝaf he aȝeinward To þilk þat hym weren wiþerward. b. absol. (Cf. OE. wiþerweard adversary.)
a1400–50Wars Alex. 4297 Þou wirkis bot on þa witer⁓ward, & worthis þaim ouire. Hence † ˈwitherwardness, hostility, enmity.
c897ælfred Gregory's Past. C. iii. 36 He wearð eft swæ unᵹemetlice grædiᵹ ðæs godan deaðes, butan ælcre scylde & ælcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine. c1175Cott. Hom. 233 Hatrede and widerwardnesse. |