, with
fundamental
meanings of division and
opposition: 1) w.
opposition: 1) w.
Beowulf
sg.
wicge, 234; on wicge, 286; acc.
pl.
wicg, 2175; gen.
pl.
wicga, 1046.
ge-widor, st. n. , _storm, tempest_: acc. pl. lāð ge-widru (_loathly
weather_), 1376.
wið prep. w. dat. and acc.
, with fundamental meanings of division and
opposition: 1) w. dat. , _against, with_ (in hostile sense), _from_: þā wið
gode wunnon, 113; āna (wan) wið eallum, 145; ymb feorh sacan, lāð wið
lāðum, 440; so, 426, 439, 550, 2372, 2521, 2522, 2561, 2840, 3005; þæt him
holt-wudu . . . helpan ne meahte, lind wið līge, 2342; hwæt . . . sēlest wǣre
wið fǣr-gryrum tō ge-fremmanne, 174; þæt him gāst-bona gēoce gefremede wið
þēod-þrēaum, 178; wið rihte wan (_strove against right_), 144; hæfde . . .
sele Hrōðgāres ge-nered wið nīðe (_had saved H. 's hall from strife_), 828;
(him dyrne langað . . . ) beorn wið blōde (_the hero longeth secretly contrary
to his blood_, i.
wicga, 1046.
ge-widor, st. n. , _storm, tempest_: acc. pl. lāð ge-widru (_loathly
weather_), 1376.
wið prep. w. dat. and acc.
, with fundamental meanings of division and
opposition: 1) w. dat. , _against, with_ (in hostile sense), _from_: þā wið
gode wunnon, 113; āna (wan) wið eallum, 145; ymb feorh sacan, lāð wið
lāðum, 440; so, 426, 439, 550, 2372, 2521, 2522, 2561, 2840, 3005; þæt him
holt-wudu . . . helpan ne meahte, lind wið līge, 2342; hwæt . . . sēlest wǣre
wið fǣr-gryrum tō ge-fremmanne, 174; þæt him gāst-bona gēoce gefremede wið
þēod-þrēaum, 178; wið rihte wan (_strove against right_), 144; hæfde . . .
sele Hrōðgāres ge-nered wið nīðe (_had saved H. 's hall from strife_), 828;
(him dyrne langað . . . ) beorn wið blōde (_the hero longeth secretly contrary
to his blood_, i.
