† witherfuladj.
Obsolete.
(a) Hostile; wicked, evil. (b) Bold, valiant.
ΚΠ
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 51 Hise wiðerfulle hine, þo ben deules on helle.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12608 Arður his writ nom an honden mid wiðer-fulle [c1300 Otho wiþer-foll] worden.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10738 To þan scipen wenden wiðer-fulle [c1300 Otho wiþer-folle] cheorles.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]
woughc888
naughteOE
manOE
evilness1000
fakenOE
witherfulnessc1200
lithera1225
villainy?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
illa1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
iniquity13..
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickednessa1340
malicea1382
unequityc1384
lewdnessa1387
mischiefa1387
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
ungoodlihead1430
wickdomc1440
rudenessc1451
mauvasty1474
unkindliness1488
noughtinessa1500
perversenessa1500
illnessc1500
filthiness?1504
noisomeness1506
naughtiness?1529
noughtihoodc1540
inexcellence1590
improbity1593
flagition1598
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
pravity1620
meschantnessa1630
flagitiousness1692
flagitiosity1727
nefariousness1727
bale-fire1855
ill-conditionedness1866
iniquitousness1870
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun]
woughc888
manOE
evilness1000
evilc1040
un-i-thora1200
witherfulnessc1200
mixshipc1225
quedeship?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
wickedheada1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickc1330
wickednessa1340
quedehead1340
quedeness1340
lewdnessa1387
felona1400
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
wickdomc1440
noughtinessa1500
naughtiness?1529
sinfulness1530
noughtihoodc1540
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
meschantnessa1630
nefariousness1727
devilness1853
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 63 Dissoluere colligaciones impietatis..þat unbindeð þe bendes of wiðerfulnesse.
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adj.c1200- free-wheeled
- free-wheeler
- free-wheeling
- free-will offering
- free-willed
- free-willer
- free-willing
- free-willist
- free-working
- free-writing
- freeacting
- freeandeasiness
- freeandeasy club
- freeassociate
- freeassociational
- freeassociative
- freebase
- freebased
- freebaser
- freebasers
- freebases
- freebasing
- freebee
- freebees
- freebestowed