Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse andsvar.

Noun edit

andsvar n (genitive singular andsvars, nominative plural andsvör)

  1. answer

Declension edit

Further reading edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

andsvar n (definite singular andsvaret, indefinite plural andsvar, definite plural andsvari)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of ansvar

Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *andaswarō f. Corresponds to and- +‎ svar.

Noun edit

andsvar n (genitive andsvars, plural andsvǫr)

  1. answer, reply, decision

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Danish: ansvar
  • Faroese: andsvar
  • Icelandic: andsvar, ans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ansvar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ansvar
  • Old Swedish: andsvar

References edit

  • andsvar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press