wiþerræde
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From wiþer- + rǣde. Compare Old High German widarredīg (“contradictory”) and German Widerrede.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwi.θer.ræː.de/, [ˈwi.ðerˠ.rˠæː.de]
Adjective
wiþerrǣde
- adverse, contrary
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- 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
- hostile
- disagreeable, offensive
Declension
Declension of wiþerrǣde — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wiþerrǣde | wiþerrǣdu, wiþerrǣdo | wiþerrǣde |
| Accusative | wiþerrǣdne | wiþerrǣde | wiþerrǣde |
| Genitive | wiþerrǣdes | wiþerrǣdre | wiþerrǣdes |
| Dative | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdre | wiþerrǣdum |
| Instrumental | wiþerrǣde | wiþerrǣdre | wiþerrǣde |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | wiþerrǣde | wiþerrǣda, wiþerrǣde | wiþerrǣdu, wiþerrǣdo |
| Accusative | wiþerrǣde | wiþerrǣda, wiþerrǣde | wiþerrǣdu, wiþerrǣdo |
| Genitive | wiþerrǣdra | wiþerrǣdra | wiþerrǣdra |
| Dative | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdum |
| Instrumental | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdum |
Declension of wiþerrǣde — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wiþerrǣda | wiþerrǣde | wiþerrǣde |
| Accusative | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣde |
| Genitive | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan |
| Dative | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan |
| Instrumental | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan |
| Accusative | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan | wiþerrǣdan |
| Genitive | wiþerrǣdra, wiþerrǣdena | wiþerrǣdra, wiþerrǣdena | wiþerrǣdra, wiþerrǣdena |
| Dative | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdum |
| Instrumental | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdum | wiþerrǣdum |
Derived terms
- wiþerrǣdnes
Descendants
- Middle English: wiðerræde