answere

English

Noun

answere (plural answeres)

1. Obsolete spelling of answer.

Verb

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, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     , scene i:

     Nay anſwere me. Stand and vnfolde your ſelfe.

Anagrams

• weaners

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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)

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
• 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

1. Alternative form of answeren