Literally, it means to take a course opposite the apparent motion of the sun viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Widdershins is cognate with the German widersinnig, i.e., “against” + “sense”. The opposite of widdershins is deosil, or sunwise, meaning “clockwise”.

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    8 hours ago

    I’d contract that to “w’outershins.”