widdershins

“de sole et vento“, aesop’s fables. detail from illustration by francis barlow, 1666. wid•der•shins |ˌwɪdəʃɪnz| (also with•er•shins)adverb chiefly Scottishin 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