wiþersaca

See also: wiðersaca

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From wiþer- +‎ saca.

Cognate to Old High German widersahho, Old East Low Franconian withersacko, Old Saxon wiðarsako, Old Frisian witherseka, and German Widersacher. The Old High German word consists of wider- and -sahho, an agent noun belonging to Old High German sahhan (“to argue, fight, quarrel”), which is cognate to German Sache.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiðersɑkɑ/

Noun

wiþersaca m

  1. adversary, enemy, betrayer, apostate
    • 11th century, Wulfstan's Homilies, De Anticristo, Junius MSS 121 :
      godes wiðersaca.

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