Definitions for widdershins
wid·der·shins

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1. widdershinsadverb

   The wrong way.

2. widdershinsadverb

   Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.

   It is unlucky to walk widdershins around a church.

3. Etymology: From weddersins, weddersinnes, from widersinnes, from wider- + genitive of sin.

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1. Widdershins

   Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a term meaning to go counter-clockwise, to go anti-clockwise, or to go lefthandwise, or to walk around an object by always keeping it on the left. Literally, it means to take a course opposite the apparent motion of the sun viewed from the Northern Hemisphere (the centre of this imaginary clock is the ground the viewer stands upon). The earliest recorded use of the word, as cited by the Oxford English Dictionary, is in a 1513 translation of the Aeneid, where it is found in the phrase "Abaisit I wolx, and widdersyns start my hair." In this sense, "widdershins start my hair" means "my hair stood on end".The use of the word also means "in a direction opposite to the usual" and "in a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun". It is cognate with the German language widersinnig, i.e., "against" + "sense". The term "widdershins" was especially common in Lowland Scots.The opposite of widdershins is deosil, or sunwise, meaning "clockwise".

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1. Widdershins

   Widdershins means to take a course opposite the apparent motion of the sun viewed from the Arctic Circle, to go anti-clockwise or lefthandwise, or to circle an object by always keeping it on the left. The Oxford English Dictionary's entry cites the earliest uses of the word from 1513, where it was found in the phrase widdersyns start my hair, i.e. my hair stood on end. The use of the word also means "in a direction opposite to the usual", and in a direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun. It is cognate with the German language widersinnig, i.e., "against" + "sense". The term "widdershins" was especially common in Lowland Scots.

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1. Widdershins

   Widershins, &c. See Withershins.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. widdershins

   A northern term signifying a motion contrary to the course of the sun. The Orkney fishermen consider themselves in imminent danger at sea, if, by accident, their vessel is turned against the sun.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of widdershins in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of widdershins in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Widdershins
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdershins
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=widdershins
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=widdershins
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=widdershins