Old High German

Preposition

widar

1. against

Descendants

• Middle High German wider
  • German wider
  • Yiddish: ווידער ‎(vider)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *weþruz, whence also Old English weþer, Old Norse veðr

Noun

widar m

1. ram

Descendants

• German: Widder
• Yiddish: ווידער ‎(vider)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From withar, from Proto-Germanic *wiþr- ‎(“against”), cognate with Old English wiþer and Old High German widar (German wieder).

Preposition

widar

1. Alternative form of withar