wiþerwine
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- wethirwyne, wedirwyne, wyþirwyn, wiþerwin, wetherwyn, wetherun, wedirwyn, wethir-wyn, whydyrewyn, wyderwyn, witer-wyn, weþerwyn, wiþþerwine, wytherwyn, wiþþerwin, witherwin, weþerwine, weþerwyne, witherwinne
- (Early ME) wiðerwine, wiðerwinna, wiðerwinnæ, wiðerwinne
Etymology[edit]
From Old English wiþerwinna; equivalent to wither- + winnen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wiþerwine (plural wiþerwines or (early) wiðerwinnen)
- enemy, opponent, rival
- Satan, the Devil
- c. 1480, St. Mary Magdalen 246 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 263:
- How þe ded he tholyt syne, to safe ws fra þe wethirwyne.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1480, St. Mary Magdalen 246 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 263:
Descendants[edit]
- English: witherwin
References[edit]
- “wither-win(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2020.