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. === Anagrams === weaners == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English andswaru, from Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru, from Proto-Germanic *andaswarō; equivalent to and- +‎ sware. The second-syllable vocalism is presumably from the verb answeren; for the pronunciation with /au̯/, see Caunterbury. ==== Alternative forms ==== andsware, anndswere, and-sware, ansuer, ansuere, answar, answer, answore, aunsware, awnswere, onsware, unswere ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈan(d)ˌswɛ̞ːr(ə)/, /ˈan(d)ˌswaːr(ə)/, /ˈau̯n-/ ==== 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 answerynge ===== Descendants ===== English: answer Scots: answer, answere ===== References ===== “answēre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 December 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== answere alternative form of answeren