withar
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See also: withar-
Old Saxon
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *wiþr (“against”), cognate with Old English wiþer and Old High German widar (German wieder).
Preposition
[edit]withar
- against, with, opposite, toward (+ dat or sometimes acc)
- Uuesat iu so uuara uuiðar thiu, uuið iro fēcneon dādiun, sō man uuiðar fīundun scal(Heliand, verse 1883)
- Be careful against them, against their dreadful actions, just like one must be (careful) against his enemies
- Helpa uuiðar hungre: Help against hunger.