andsaca
Old English
Alternative forms
- ondsaca
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *andasakō. Cognate with Old Saxon andsako. Equivalent to and- + saca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑndˌsɑ.kɑ/
Noun
andsaca m
- adversary, opponent, enemy
- denier, renouncer, apostate
Declension
Declension of andsaca (weak)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | andsaca | andsacan |
| accusative | andsacan | andsacan |
| genitive | andsacan | andsacena |
| dative | andsacan | andsacum |
Related terms
- andsæc f (“resistance, refusal”)
- andsacian (“to deny, refuse”)
- onsacan (“to strive against, refuse”)
- sæc f (“strife, contest”)
- sacan (“to fight, strive”)
- sacian (“to strive, brawl”)
- sacu f (“strife, distress, crime”)
- wiþsacan (“to deny, refuse, reject”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ANDSACA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.