wiþerwine
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wethirwyne, wedirwyne, wyþirwyn, wiþerwin, wetherwyn, wetherun, wedirwyn, wethir-wyn, whydyrewyn, wyderwyn, witer-wyn, weþerwyn, wiþþerwine, wytherwyn, wiþþerwin, witherwin, weþerwine, weþerwyne, witherwinne
- (Early Middle English) wiðerwine, wiðerwinna, wiðerwinnæ, wiðerwinne
Etymology
From Old English wiþerwinna; equivalent to wither- + winnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiðərˌwin(ə)/, /ˌwiðərˈwin(ə)/
Noun
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.
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- c. 1480, St. Mary Magdalen 246 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 263:
Descendants
- English: witherwin
References
- “wither-win(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2020.