andwyrde
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
Noun edit
andwyrde n
Declension edit
Declension of andwyrde (strong ja-stem)
Synonyms edit
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.