answere

English

Noun

answere (plural answeres)

1. Obsolete spelling of answer

Verb

answere (third-person singular simple present answeres, present participle answering, simple past and past participle answered)

1. Obsolete spelling of answer
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Nay anſwere me. Stand and vnfolde your ſelfe.

Anagrams

• weaners

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English andswaru, from Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru, from Proto-Germanic *andaswarō; equivalent to and- +‎ sware. The vocalism is presumably from the verb answeren.

Alternative forms

• andsware, anndswere, and-sware, ansuer, ansuere, answar, answer, answore, onsware, unswere, aunsware, awnswere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan(d)ˌswɛːr(ə)/, /ˈan(d)ˌswæːr(ə)/, /ˈan(d)ˌswaːr(ə)/

Noun

answere (plural answers)

1. A response to a query or questioning; an answering.
2. The answer for a problem or challenge; a solving.
3. A decision or response coming from a deity or divinity.
4. A legal defence or the privilege of being able to mount one.
5. (rare) A reply to a point; a counterpoint or countering.

Related terms

• answeren
• answerynge

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

Verb

answere

1. Alternative form of answeren