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

1. with

Descendants

• English: with, wi
• Scots: wi
• Yola: wee, wie, wi, wi', w', wough

References

• “with, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ƿiþ

Etymology

Probably a shortening of a Germanic preposition represented by Old English wiþer, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). Cognate with Old Frisian with, Old Saxon with, Old Norse við.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiθ/

Preposition

wiþ

1. against, opposite
2. along, towards
3. with

Descendants

• Middle English: wiþ, with
  • English: with, wi
  • Scots: wi
  • Yola: wee, wie, wi, wi', w', wough

Adverb

wiþ

1. with it; together; therewith