andwyrde

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *andawurdī, from Proto-Germanic *andawurdiją, equivalent to and- +‎ -wyrde. Cognate with Old Saxon andwurdi (“answer”), Dutch antwoord (“answer”) German Antwort (“answer”), and Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹 (andawaurdi, “answer”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɑndˌwyr.de/, [ˈɑndˌwyrˠ.de]

Noun[edit]

andwyrde n

answer

Declension[edit]

Declension of andwyrde (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	andwyrde	andwyrdu
accusative	andwyrde	andwyrdu
genitive	andwyrdes	andwyrda
dative	andwyrde	andwyrdum

Synonyms[edit]

andswaru

Related terms[edit]

andwyrdan (“to answer”)

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “andwyrde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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