andwyrde

Old English

Etymology

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

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

Noun

andwyrde n

1. answer

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	andwyrde	andwyrdu
accusative	andwyrde	andwyrdu
genitive	andwyrdes	andwyrda
dative	andwyrde	andwyrdum

Synonyms

• andswaru

Related terms

• andwyrdan (“to answer”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “andwyrde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.