widishins

English

Adverb

widishins (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of widdershins.
    • 1891 January 3, I. Gollancz, “Widishins”, in The Academy, London, page 14, column 3:
      If Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin practices, and if mortals wished to resist or unspell elf-craft, they, too, had "to go widershins," or they had to repeat the Paternoster backwards, which came to the same thing, or do something else contrariwise.
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