andsvar

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse andsvar.

Noun

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andsvar n (genitive singular andsvars, nominative plural andsvör)

  1. answer

Declension

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    Declension of andsvar
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative andsvar andsvarið andsvör andsvörin
accusative andsvar andsvarið andsvör andsvörin
dative andsvari andsvarinu andsvörum andsvörunum
genitive andsvars andsvarsins andsvara andsvaranna

Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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andsvar n (definite singular andsvaret, indefinite plural andsvar, definite plural andsvari)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of ansvar

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *andaswarō f. Corresponds to and- +‎ svar.

Noun

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andsvar n (genitive andsvars, plural andsvǫr)

  1. answer, reply, decision

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Danish: ansvar
  • Faroese: andsvar
  • Icelandic: andsvar, ans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ansvar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ansvar
  • Old Swedish: andsvar

References

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  • andsvar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press