wiþ

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wiþ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wiθ/, /wið/

Preposition

wiþ

  1. with

Descendants

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿiþ

Etymology

Probably a shortening of a Germanic preposition represented by Old English wiþer, from Proto-Germanic *wiþr- (“against”). Cognate with Old Frisian and Old Saxon with, Old Norse við.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wiθ/

Preposition

wiþ

  1. against, opposite
  2. along, towards
  3. with

Descendants

Adverb

wiþ

  1. with it; together; therewith
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