wiþ

See also: with, wið, wiþ-, with-, and wįð

Middle English

Alternative forms

• with

Etymology

From Old English wiþ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiθ/, /wið/

Preposition

wiþ

1. with

Descendants

• English: with, wi
• Geordie English: wi, wiv
• Scots: wi
• Yola: wee, wie, wi, wi', w', wough

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

1. 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.

2. along, towards (typically + genitive)
3. with
4. 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

• wiþ þæm þe, wiþ þæm þæt ("on the condition that")

Descendants

• Middle English: wiþ, with
  • English: with, wi
  • Geordie English: wi, wiv
  • Scots: wi
  • Yola: wee, wie, wi, wi', w', wough

Adverb

wiþ

1. with it; together; therewith