withershins

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withershins

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Alteration of widder- in widdershins (a borrowing from Middle Low German) after the English cognate form wither- (“against, anti-”).

adverb

alternative, not comparable Alternative spelling of widdershins (“anticlockwise”). Boils up their Livers in a Warlock's pow, Rins withershins about the Hemlock low

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@misc{withershins_2026,
  title = {withershins},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/withershins},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}