† overthwartern.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who thwarts (another); an opponent, adversary; a quarreller, backbiter.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun]
witherwinc897
foemaneOE
i-foeOE
withersakec960
fiendc975
foeOE
witherlingc1000
unwine1050
unholda1200
andsetec1200
unfriendc1275
un-i-winec1275
adversaryc1350
enemy1362
hatera1382
evil-willinga1400
fedea1400
contraryc1405
inimi1423
overthwarter?c1450
evil-willer1460
Moabitea1461
heavy friend?1518
Satanas1530
adverse1593
malengine1601
distresser1616
viand1616
hostile1838
unfriendly1973
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent
adversaryc1350
contraryc1405
overthwarter?c1450
party1488
opposant1489
oppositec1500
encounterer1523
oppugner1535
header1537
opponent1553
antagonist1555
crosser1565
adverse1593
oppositor1598
oppugnator1611
stickler1612
opposera1616
antipos1631
thwarter1633
Antarctic1637
contrariant1657
foe1697
oppositionist1786
oppugnanta1834
counterworker1867
contester1884
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 53 Usureres, bariters, ouerthwarteres and lyers.
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. Nv M. Wathe his ancient ouer wharter, (betwixt whom & him there was such deadly emulation).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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