answeren
Middle English
/ˈan(d)ˌswɛːrən/
verb
Definitions
- To answer or respond; to offer a response:
- To be held to account or answerable for one's actions.
- To match, be equivalent or fit in number; to be of the same number as something else.
- To match, be equivalent or fit in kind; to be fitting or proper.
- To be opposite or against; to oppose or counteract its opposite.
- (rare) To net; to provide livelihood or sustenance.
- (rare) To help, assist or aid i.e. to answer a plea for aid
- (rare) To accept responsibility or culpability for another.
- (rare) To be responsible for legal defense of oneself.
- (rare) To pay a tariff or fee on goods.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English andswerian inherited from Proto-Germanic *andaswarjaną (answer) inherited from Old English andswarian inherited from Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną (answer) affix from Middle English swaren, answere.
Origin
Middle English
answere
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- answer English
- answering English
- misanswer English
- *andaswarjaną Proto-Germanic
- *andaswarōną Proto-Germanic
- *swarian Old English
- andswarian Old English
- andswaru Old English
- andswerian Old English
- swerian Old English
- answere Middle English
- answeryng Middle English
- misansweren Middle English
- sware Middle English
- swaren Middle English