Obs. [OE. wiþre (once), f. wiþer WITHER a.] Opposition, hostility; adversity. On wiðere, adversely.

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Beowulf, 2953. [He] wiðres ne truwode, þæt he sæmannum onsacan mihte.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 1418. Þe heo wolden mid wiðere þan kinge wið-stonden. Ibid., 2884. Þe wind him com on wiðere. Ibid., 4678. Þat ich wes i wide sæ wiðer com toȝenes.

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