Middle English Dictionary Entry
withward prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | withward prep. |
| Etymology | From with prep. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Side by side with (sb. or sth.), alongside.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)102/714 : Þis pinfule gin wes o swuhc wise iginet þet te twa turden eider wiðward [Roy: wið] oðer ant anes weis baðe; þe oðer twa turden anes weis alswa, ah toȝein þe oðre.
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)130/19 : Ȝe gað wel forð & spedeð in ower wei for euch is wiðward oþer in an manere of liflade.