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widdershins

wid der shins |ˈwidərˌSHinz ˈwɪdərˌʃɪnz |(also withershins ) ▶adverb chiefly Scottish in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Middle Low German weddersins, from Middle High German widersinnes, from wider ‘against ’ + sin ‘direction ’; the second element was associated with Scots sin ‘sun. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

widdershins

widdershins |ˈwɪdəʃɪnz |(also withershins ) ▶adverb chiefly Scottish in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; anticlockwise. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Middle Low German weddersins, from Middle High German widersinnes, from wider ‘against ’ + sin ‘direction ’; the second element was associated with Scots sin ‘sun ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Widder

Wid der Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i dder |der Widder; Genitiv: des Widders, Plural: die Widder mittelhochdeutsch wider, althochdeutsch widar, eigentlich = Jährling 1 a Schafbock b Jägersprache männliches Muffelwild 2 a ohne Plural Astrologie Tierkreiszeichen für die Zeit vom 21. 3. bis 20. 4.b Astrologie jemand, der im Zeichen Widder 2a geboren ist er, sie ist [ein ] Widder 3 ohne Plural Sternbild am nördlichen Sternenhimmel 4 hydraulischer Widder Technik mit der Energie von strömendem Wasser betriebene Pumpe

 

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