A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wyddirwyne, Withyre-wyne, Wethirwyne, n. [ME wiðer-iwinnen (Layamon), wiðerwin(e (Ancr. R.), wiþerwin (Cursor M.), wedirwyne (c1400), wethir-wyn(e (c1450), OE wiþerwinna.] An enemy, adversary. b. The Devil. —a1400 Leg. S. xxxii 695.
Tellis me sone, gyf ȝe wil Mak sacrifice oure godis til … Or [gyf] ȝe wil as w[i]thyre-wyne Resiste & ȝoure lyfis tyne? —b. a1400 Leg. S. ix 325.
Sum men sais … [he] oure-come oure wyddirwyne, Tholand this-wyis thrynfald pyne, & for his mede brukis that blyse, That God has grathit til all hys a1400 Leg. S. xvi 246.
How the ded He tholyt syne, To safe ws fra the wethirwyne
