wiþ
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English wiþ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiθ/, /wið/
References
- “with, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Etymology
Probably a shortening of a Germanic preposition represented by Old English wiþer, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). Cognate with Old Frisian with, Old Saxon with, Old Norse við.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiθ/
Preposition
wiþ
- against, opposite (typically + accusative with sense of motion or active opposition, typically + dative otherwise)
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- ...;sē ūs ġescylt wið eallum yfellum.
- ...;He shieldeth us against every evil.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- along, towards (typically + genitive)
- with
- for, in exchange for,
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St.Alban, Martyr"
- Eall swa þa unriht-wisan deman þe heora domas awendað, æfre be þam sceattum na be soðfæstnysse and habbað æfre to cepe heora soðfæstnysse, and swa hi sylfe syllað wið sceattum...
- So likewise those unrighteous judges who pervert their judgments, always for gain, and not for justice, and always offer their justice for sale, and thus sell themselves for the sake of money,...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St.Alban, Martyr"
Derived terms
- wiþ þæm þe, wiþ þæm þæt ("on the condition that")
Descendants
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