"withar" meaning in All languages combined

See withar on Wiktionary

Preposition [Old Saxon]

Forms: widar [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wiþr (“against”), cognate with Old English wiþer and Old High German widar (German wieder). Etymology templates: {{dercat|osx|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|osx|gmw-pro|*wiþr|t=against}} Proto-West Germanic *wiþr (“against”) Head templates: {{head|osx|preposition}} withar
  1. against, with, opposite, toward (+ dat or sometimes acc) Related terms: with, with-, withar-

Alternative forms

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