Reconstruction:Old English/Wider

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Alternative forms

• *Wīþer, *Wīðer
• *Wīdar, *Wīþar, *Wīðar

Etymology

From attested Latinised Wither. Compare Old Norse Víðarr.

Proper noun

*Wīder

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Latin: Withar

References

• Monumenta Historica Britannica Or Materials for the History of Britain

Volume 1, "Ethelwerdi Chronicorum" Lib. I, A.D. 596, page 505 [1]