v. Obs. [OE. andwyrd-an, -werdan, -wirdan, cogn. with OHG. antwurtan (mod.G. antworten), OS. andwordian, Goth. andwaurdjan; formed on the sb., Goth. andawaurdi, OS. andwordi, OHG. antwurti, MHG. antwürte (mod.G. antwort), OE. andwyrde an answer; f. anda-, and-, against, back + word (Goth. waurd) ‘word.’ The sb. andwyrde (in King Ælfred) was displaced by andswaru before the end of the OE. period; the vb. also was usually replaced by andswerian, ANSWER, in late OE., and did not survive 12th c.] To answer.

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c. 885.  K. Ælfred, Oros., I. x. § 1. Hý him andwyrdon and cwædon.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Gen. iii. 2. Ðæt wif andwirde. Ibid., xvi. 6. Abram hire andwerde.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxvii. 14. He ne andwerde mid nanum worde [v.r. andswarede; Lind. ondsuarede, Ruskw. andwyrde, Hatt. G. andswerede].

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 91. Ða and-wurde Petrus, hit is underted. Ibid. Ða and-wrde Petrus.

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