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
- with
Descendants
- English: with
- Scots: wi
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
- against, opposite
- along, towards
- with
Descendants
- Middle English: wiþ, with
- English: with
- Scots: wi
Adverb
wiþ
- with it; together; therewith