andwyrdan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *andawurdijan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑndˈwyr.dɑn/, [ɑndˈwyrˠ.dɑn]

Verb

andwyrdan

  1. to answer
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Đā andwyrde Martinus unforht ðām cāsere, "Iċ wille ðurhgān orsorh ðone here, mid rōde tācne ġewǣpnod, nā mid rēadum sċylde, oððe mid hefeġum helme, oððe heardre byrnan." Đa hēt sē hǣðena cyning healdan Martinum, þæt hē wurde āworpen unġewǣpnod ðām here. Þā nolde sē Hǣlend his ðeġen forlǣtan, aċ ġesibbode þæt folc sōna þǣs on merien, þæt hī tō þǣs cāseres cyneġyrde ġebugon.
      Then the bold Martinus answered the emperor "I will go through the army, armed with a crucifix, not with a red shield, or with a heavy helmet, or a hard corselet." So the heathen king ordered that Martinus be held so he could be thrown unarmed into the army. But the Savior would not abandon his servant, and in the morning soon pacified the people so that they submitted to the emperor's scepter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of andwyrdan (weak, class 1)
infinitive andwyrdan andwyrdenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular andwyrde andwyrde
second person singular andwyrdest, andwyrst, andwyrtst andwyrdest
third person singular andwyrdeþ, andwyrt andwyrde
plural andwyrdaþ andwyrdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular andwyrde andwyrde
plural andwyrden andwyrden
imperative
singular andwyrd
plural andwyrdaþ
participle present past
andwyrdende andwyrded
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