widdershinsadj.

Forms: Also widdershin, withershin, withershins.

Etymology: < widdershins adv.

Moving in an anticlockwise direction, contrary to the apparent course of the sun (considered as unlucky or sinister); unlucky, ill-fated, relating to the occult.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective]

curiousc1384

mystical1516

cabbalisticala1593

occult1593

hermetical1605

cabbalistic1625

hermetica1637

adeptical1662

trismegistic1678

trismegistical1678

trismegistian1694

Sibylline1817

Sibyllica1849

occultist1893

widdershins1926

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > anticlockwise

anticlockwise1879

counterclockwise1882

widdershins1926

the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > inauspicious

perilousc1390

unlucky1519

unchancy1533

unhappy1533

infortunate1548

sinistrous?c1550

luckless1584

dismal1588

ominous1589

fatal1590

bad-bodinga1592

disastrous1598

inauspicious1599

black1604

naught1620

inauspicate1632

infaustous1656

infaust1658

ill-omened1685

black boding1743

wanchancy1768

oracular1820

inominous1832

widdershins1926

1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent vi. 112 She made up her mind, to be alone, and to cut herself off from all the mechanical widdershin contacts.

1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent vi. 112 He, too, was widdershins, unwinding the sensations of disintegration and anti-life.

1936 D. Thomas Twenty-five Poems 16 Shall I still be love's house on the widdershin earth, Woe to the windy mansions at my shelter?

1973 G. M. Brown Magnus vi. 112 There is a black joy abroad, a dance of the deadly sins, a withershin rout.

1976 Early Music 4 399/1 The sentiments and rituals of the court can be grotesquely guyed by the spirits (widdershins dances, sick-caricature mimes to accompany the Sorceress's prophecies and provoke those ho-ho outbursts, etc.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

widdershinsadv.

Brit.

/ˈwɪðəʃɪnz/,

/ˈwɪdəʃɪnz/, U.S.

/ˈwɪðərˌʃɪnz/,

/ˈwɪdərˌʃɪnz/, Scottish English

/ˈwɪθərʃɪnz/,

/ˈwɪdərʃɪnz/

Forms: 1500s– widder-, 1600s– wither-, (1500s widdir-, weddir-, wod(d)er-, 1500s, 1800s wooder-); 1500s–1800s -sins, 1500s– -shins, (1500s -syns, -shynes, -shynnis, -son(n)is, 1500s, 1800s -sinnis, -sones, 1600s -shines, 1800s -schynnes).

Etymology: < Middle Low German weddersin(ne)s (compare wedersins ‘contrario modo’, Kilian), < Middle High German widersinnes , < wider- wither- prefix + genitive of sin (especially Middle German) = sind , sint way, direction (see sithe n.¹): compare Middle High German widersinnen to return. In sense 2 associated with son , sun n.¹ N.E.D. (1928) enters this under the double headword withershins, widdershins and gives the pronunciations (wi·ðəɹ-, wi·dəɹʃinz) /ˈwɪðə-/, /ˈwɪdəʃɪnz/.

dialect (chiefly Scottish).

†1. In a direction opposite to the usual; the wrong way; to stand or start widdershins, (of the hair) to ‘stand on end’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in direction opposite to usual

widdershins1513

backward1530

the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (intransitive)]

bristle1480

to stick upa1500

to stand or start widdershins1513

upstart1513

starta1522

stare?1523

to start up1553

rousea1616

horripilate1623

stiver1790

uprise1827

upstare1886

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in the opposite or reverse direction > in opposite direction to usual

widdershins1513

backward1530

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. xii. 26 Abaisit I wolx, and widdersyns start my hair.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Directioun of Buik 29 And on the bak half writis widdirsinnis Plentie of lesyngis.

a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) vi. 40 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 164 Hairis blavin widdersins abauk.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xxxiii. 6 Sho..straikit bakuard wodershins my hair.

?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 376 Ane porter..to the bischop his blissing gave, Betuixt the schoulders a royall route, Turning him wodderschins about.

a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 11 That will gar thair hartis trumbill, and thair hair stand widdirshynes.

1685 G. Sinclair Satans Invisible World Discovered 211 His hair standing Widdershins in his head.

1721 A. Ramsay I'll never leave Thee v The Starns shall gang withershins e'er I deceive thee.

2. In a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun (considered as unlucky or causing disaster).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > anticlockwise

widdershins1545

against the sun1584

witherwards1624

witherwise1643

anticlockwise1884

counterclockwise1885

1545 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 84 Sayand the said Margarat Baffour vas ane huyr and ane wyche and that sche ȝeid widersonnis about mennis hous sark alane.

a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in Poems (2000) I. 150 Thir venerabill virginis quhome ȝe wald call wiches..nyne tymes wirdersones about the thorne raid.

1596 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 96 I find it wilbe ane deir yeir; the bled of the corne growis withersones; and quhan it growis sonegatis about, it wilbe ane gude chaip yeir.

1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 190 He is indyttit..to haue taine ane birne of the corne on his bak, and careit it thrie tymmis woodersonis abowe the kill.

1685 G. Sinclair Satans Invisible World Discovered 25 [In a witch-dance] the men turned nine times Widder-shines about, and the Women six times.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. ii Mausy..Rins withershins about the Hemlock Low.

1825 W. Scott Talisman xv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 332 While the challenger rode around the lists in the course of the sun..the defender made the same circuit widdersins.

1840 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. (1845) XV. 141 The fishermen, when about to proceed to the fishing, think they would have bad luck, if they were to row the boat ‘withershins’ about.

1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 10 So, widdershins circling the bridebed of death, Each fleereth her neighbour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	widdershins
释义	widdershinsadj. Forms: Also widdershin, withershin, withershins. Etymology: < widdershins adv. Moving in an anticlockwise direction, contrary to the apparent course of the sun (considered as unlucky or sinister); unlucky, ill-fated, relating to the occult. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] curiousc1384 mystical1516 cabbalisticala1593 occult1593 hermetical1605 cabbalistic1625 hermetica1637 adeptical1662 trismegistic1678 trismegistical1678 trismegistian1694 Sibylline1817 Sibyllica1849 occultist1893 widdershins1926 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > anticlockwise anticlockwise1879 counterclockwise1882 widdershins1926 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > inauspicious perilousc1390 unlucky1519 unchancy1533 unhappy1533 infortunate1548 sinistrous?c1550 luckless1584 dismal1588 ominous1589 fatal1590 bad-bodinga1592 disastrous1598 inauspicious1599 black1604 naught1620 inauspicate1632 infaustous1656 infaust1658 ill-omened1685 black boding1743 wanchancy1768 oracular1820 inominous1832 widdershins1926 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent vi. 112 She made up her mind, to be alone, and to cut herself off from all the mechanical widdershin contacts. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent vi. 112 He, too, was widdershins, unwinding the sensations of disintegration and anti-life. 1936 D. Thomas Twenty-five Poems 16 Shall I still be love's house on the widdershin earth, Woe to the windy mansions at my shelter? 1973 G. M. Brown Magnus vi. 112 There is a black joy abroad, a dance of the deadly sins, a withershin rout. 1976 Early Music 4 399/1 The sentiments and rituals of the court can be grotesquely guyed by the spirits (widdershins dances, sick-caricature mimes to accompany the Sorceress's prophecies and provoke those ho-ho outbursts, etc.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021). widdershinsadv. Brit. /ˈwɪðəʃɪnz/, /ˈwɪdəʃɪnz/, U.S. /ˈwɪðərˌʃɪnz/, /ˈwɪdərˌʃɪnz/, Scottish English /ˈwɪθərʃɪnz/, /ˈwɪdərʃɪnz/ Forms: 1500s– widder-, 1600s– wither-, (1500s widdir-, weddir-, wod(d)er-, 1500s, 1800s wooder-); 1500s–1800s -sins, 1500s– -shins, (1500s -syns, -shynes, -shynnis, -son(n)is, 1500s, 1800s -sinnis, -sones, 1600s -shines, 1800s -schynnes). Etymology: < Middle Low German weddersin(ne)s (compare wedersins ‘contrario modo’, Kilian), < Middle High German widersinnes , < wider- wither- prefix + genitive of sin (especially Middle German) = sind , sint way, direction (see sithe n.¹): compare Middle High German widersinnen to return. In sense 2 associated with son , sun n.¹ N.E.D. (1928) enters this under the double headword withershins, widdershins and gives the pronunciations (wi·ðəɹ-, wi·dəɹʃinz) /ˈwɪðə-/, /ˈwɪdəʃɪnz/. dialect (chiefly Scottish). †1. In a direction opposite to the usual; the wrong way; to stand or start widdershins, (of the hair) to ‘stand on end’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in direction opposite to usual widdershins1513 backward1530 the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (intransitive)] bristle1480 to stick upa1500 to stand or start widdershins1513 upstart1513 starta1522 stare?1523 to start up1553 rousea1616 horripilate1623 stiver1790 uprise1827 upstare1886 the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in the opposite or reverse direction > in opposite direction to usual widdershins1513 backward1530 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. xii. 26 Abaisit I wolx, and widdersyns start my hair. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Directioun of Buik 29 And on the bak half writis widdirsinnis Plentie of lesyngis. a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) vi. 40 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 164 Hairis blavin widdersins abauk. a1600 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xxxiii. 6 Sho..straikit bakuard wodershins my hair. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 376 Ane porter..to the bischop his blissing gave, Betuixt the schoulders a royall route, Turning him wodderschins about. a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 11 That will gar thair hartis trumbill, and thair hair stand widdirshynes. 1685 G. Sinclair Satans Invisible World Discovered 211 His hair standing Widdershins in his head. 1721 A. Ramsay I'll never leave Thee v The Starns shall gang withershins e'er I deceive thee. 2. In a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun (considered as unlucky or causing disaster). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > anticlockwise widdershins1545 against the sun1584 witherwards1624 witherwise1643 anticlockwise1884 counterclockwise1885 1545 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 84 Sayand the said Margarat Baffour vas ane huyr and ane wyche and that sche ȝeid widersonnis about mennis hous sark alane. a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) in Poems (2000) I. 150 Thir venerabill virginis quhome ȝe wald call wiches..nyne tymes wirdersones about the thorne raid. 1596 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 96 I find it wilbe ane deir yeir; the bled of the corne growis withersones; and quhan it growis sonegatis about, it wilbe ane gude chaip yeir. 1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 190 He is indyttit..to haue taine ane birne of the corne on his bak, and careit it thrie tymmis woodersonis abowe the kill. 1685 G. Sinclair Satans Invisible World Discovered 25 [In a witch-dance] the men turned nine times Widder-shines about, and the Women six times. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. ii Mausy..Rins withershins about the Hemlock Low. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 332 While the challenger rode around the lists in the course of the sun..the defender made the same circuit widdersins. 1840 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. (1845) XV. 141 The fishermen, when about to proceed to the fishing, think they would have bad luck, if they were to row the boat ‘withershins’ about. 1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 10 So, widdershins circling the bridebed of death, Each fleereth her neighbour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1926adv.1513
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