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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English wiþ.
Pronunciation
Preposition
wiþ
- with
Descendants
References
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
Preposition
wiþ
- against, opposite (typically + accusative with sense of motion or active opposition, typically + dative otherwise)
- 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,...
Derived terms
Descendants
Adverb
wiþ
- with it; together; therewith