answere
English
Noun
answere (plural answeres)
- Obsolete spelling of answer
Verb
answere (third-person singular simple present answeres, present participle answering, simple past and past participle answered)
- Obsolete spelling of answer
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:, scene i:
- Nay anſwere me. Stand and vnfolde your ſelfe.
-
Anagrams
- weaners
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English andswaru, from Proto-Germanic *andaswarō; equivalent to and- + sware. The vocalism is presumably from the verb.
Alternative forms
- andsware, anndswere, and-sware, ansuer, ansuere, answar, answer, answore, onsware, unswere, aunsware, awnswere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an(d)ˈswɛːr(ə)/, /an(d)ˈswaːr(ə)/
Noun
answere (plural answers)
- A response to a query or questioning; an answering.
- The answer for a problem or challenge; a solving.
- A decision or response coming from a deity or divinity.
- A legal defence or the privilege of being able to mount one.
- (rare) A reply to a point; a counterpoint or countering.
Related terms
- answeren
- answeryng
Descendants
- English: answer
- Scots: answer, answere
References
- “answēre (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-03.
Etymology 2
From Old English andswarian and andswerian.
Verb
answere
- Alternative form of answeren