"witherwin" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wiþerwine"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wiþerwine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "witherwin"
      },
      "expansion": "witherwin",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wiþerwinna",
        "t": "opponent, rival, adversary, enemy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wiþerwinna (“opponent, rival, adversary, enemy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wiþrawinnō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wiþrawinnō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wither",
        "3": "win",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "to struggle"
      },
      "expansion": "wither- (“against”) + win (“to struggle”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "widarwinno"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German widarwinno",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "widerwinne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German widerwinne",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wiþerwine, witherwin, from Old English wiþerwinna (“opponent, rival, adversary, enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþrawinnō, equivalent to wither- (“against”) + win (“to struggle”). Cognate with Old High German widarwinno, Middle High German widerwinne.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "witherwins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "witherwin (plural witherwins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with wither-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "en:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Hampton Roads Republican US Senate Debate Summary",
          "text": "Jamie Radtke, the first to make opening statements, emerged from her podium immediately as an aggressor against George Allen–her intraparty arch-nemesis–repeating amidst his own supporters her oft-made attacks against Allen’s public record. She was not as demure as she was in Roanoke; she seemed at the beginning rather like she felt more comfortable in the oceanic atmosphere harpooning her opponent. Indeed, at times, it seemed she was Ahab and the witherwin Allen was her Moby Dick; but while she sails her Pequod just as intently toward a singular goal, her alastor is much less clear and she bears no visible scars of a cetacean attacker.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Born of Betrayal",
          "text": "\"Why did they arrest Commander Hauk?” “I'm not at liberty to discuss that with witherwins.” “Witherwins?” “Non-Tavali.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, LT Wolf, The World King - Book I: The Reckoning",
          "text": "Of the two, the hyrn is mostly likely to befuddle our widderwins since, as it turns out, winkel is also the German word for a corner which might be known by some.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An opponent; rival; adversary; enemy; (Christianity) the Adversary; the Devil."
      ],
      "id": "en-witherwin-en-noun-bWjj36Eu",
      "links": [
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "rival",
          "rival"
        ],
        [
          "adversary",
          "adversary"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Adversary",
          "Adversary"
        ],
        [
          "Devil",
          "Devil"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, dialect or archaic) An opponent; rival; adversary; enemy; (Christianity) the Adversary; the Devil."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wither-win"
        },
        {
          "word": "wetherun"
        },
        {
          "word": "wethering"
        },
        {
          "word": "widderwin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dialectal",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪðə(ɹ)ˌwɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witherwin"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wiþerwine"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wiþerwine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "witherwin"
      },
      "expansion": "witherwin",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wiþerwinna",
        "t": "opponent, rival, adversary, enemy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wiþerwinna (“opponent, rival, adversary, enemy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wiþrawinnō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wiþrawinnō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wither",
        "3": "win",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "to struggle"
      },
      "expansion": "wither- (“against”) + win (“to struggle”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "widarwinno"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German widarwinno",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "widerwinne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German widerwinne",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wiþerwine, witherwin, from Old English wiþerwinna (“opponent, rival, adversary, enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþrawinnō, equivalent to wither- (“against”) + win (“to struggle”). Cognate with Old High German widarwinno, Middle High German widerwinne.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "witherwins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "witherwin (plural witherwins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "English terms prefixed with wither-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Hampton Roads Republican US Senate Debate Summary",
          "text": "Jamie Radtke, the first to make opening statements, emerged from her podium immediately as an aggressor against George Allen–her intraparty arch-nemesis–repeating amidst his own supporters her oft-made attacks against Allen’s public record. She was not as demure as she was in Roanoke; she seemed at the beginning rather like she felt more comfortable in the oceanic atmosphere harpooning her opponent. Indeed, at times, it seemed she was Ahab and the witherwin Allen was her Moby Dick; but while she sails her Pequod just as intently toward a singular goal, her alastor is much less clear and she bears no visible scars of a cetacean attacker.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Born of Betrayal",
          "text": "\"Why did they arrest Commander Hauk?” “I'm not at liberty to discuss that with witherwins.” “Witherwins?” “Non-Tavali.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, LT Wolf, The World King - Book I: The Reckoning",
          "text": "Of the two, the hyrn is mostly likely to befuddle our widderwins since, as it turns out, winkel is also the German word for a corner which might be known by some.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An opponent; rival; adversary; enemy; (Christianity) the Adversary; the Devil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "rival",
          "rival"
        ],
        [
          "adversary",
          "adversary"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Adversary",
          "Adversary"
        ],
        [
          "Devil",
          "Devil"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, dialect or archaic) An opponent; rival; adversary; enemy; (Christianity) the Adversary; the Devil."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dialectal",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪðə(ɹ)ˌwɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wither-win"
    },
    {
      "word": "wetherun"
    },
    {
      "word": "wethering"
    },
    {
      "word": "widderwin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witherwin"
}