† withsayingn.
Obsolete.
Contradiction, gainsaying, opposition.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > [noun]
withsaying?c1225
withsawa1250
gain-sawa1300
withsayc1315
again-sayingc1350
contradictionc1382
again-sawa1400
contraryinga1450
against-sayingc1450
againsay1484
saying-againa1500
controversion1548
countersaying1581
gain-speaking1583
contradict1606
obloquity1624
counter-speech1647
contrariation1651
crossing1692
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 213 Hwen þe delit iþe lust is igan se ouer forð þet þer nis nan wið seggunge [a1250 Titus wiðsahe].
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 233 Þou sselt louye god..mid ale þine wylle wyþ-oute wyþzigginge.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 71 Fame of Paradys haþ i-dured wiþoute wiþseienge sexe þowsand ȝere and more.
c1450 Godstow Reg. 194 To distreyne aftir their owne wil, without ony withseiyng of them or ther successours.
c1475 Partenay 482 I shal do With all my hole hert, without withsaing, Al that which ye wyll be me commaunding.
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