andsvar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse andsvar.

Noun

andsvar n (genitive singular andsvars, nominative plural andsvör)

1. answer

Further reading

• “andsvar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of ansvar

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• annsvar

Etymology

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

Noun

andsvar n (genitive andsvars, plural andsvǫr)

1. answer, reply, decision

Declension

  Declension of andsvar (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	andsvar	andsvarit	andsvǫr	andsvǫrin
accusative	andsvar	andsvarit	andsvǫr	andsvǫrin
dative	andsvari	andsvarinu	andsvǫrum	andsvǫrunum
genitive	andsvars	andsvarsins	andsvara	andsvaranna

Descendants

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

References

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