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Old English · adjective

wiþerræde

Normalised wiþerrǣde

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈwi.θer.ræː.de/
[ˈwi.ðerˠ.rˠæː.de]
Syllables
ˈwi · θer · ræː · de (4 syllables)
Modern English
adversedisagreeableoffensivecontrary

Meaning

  1. adverse, contrary

    Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.

    Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. hostile

  3. disagreeable, offensive

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

From wiþer- + rǣde. Compare Old High German widarredīg (“contradictory”) and German Widerrede.

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