Archaic or dialectal expression meaning down along with or down in the direction of something; accompanying downward movement.
From 'down' plus 'with' (Old English 'wið'). An archaic formation rarely used in modern English, combining directional and associative meanings.
This word is so archaic it's almost archaeological—finding it is like uncovering a fossil of Early Modern English before it crystallized into modern forms. Language constantly prunes such variants.
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