wiþerweard

From Proto-Germanic *wiþrawardaz (“contrary, adverse, in opposition”); equivalent to wiþer +‎ -weard.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.θerˌwæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈwi.ðerˌwæ͜ɑrˠd]

wiþerweard (comparative wiþerweardra)

1. contrary, opposite
2. arrogant, perverse, depraved, opposed to what is right
3. adverse, hostile
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     On þǣm ġēare wurdon þā Gallie Rōmanum wiþerwearde, þe mon nū hǣt Longbeardas, ⁊ raþe þǣs heora folc tōgæddere ġelǣddon.

     In that year, the Gauls, who are now called Lombards, became hostile to Rome, and quickly brought their people together.

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wiþer-weard”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.