andsvar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse andsvar.

Noun

andsvar n (genitive singular andsvars, nominative plural andsvör)

1. answer

Declension

Declension of andsvar (neuter)

	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

• “andsvar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of ansvar

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• annsvar

Etymology

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

Noun

andsvar n (genitive andsvars, plural andsvǫr)

1. answer, reply, decision

Declension

Declension of andsvar (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	andsvar	andsvarit	andsvǫr	andsvǫrin
accusative	andsvar	andsvarit	andsvǫr	andsvǫrin
dative	andsvari	andsvarinu	andsvǫrum	andsvǫrunum
genitive	andsvars	andsvarsins	andsvara	andsvaranna

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “andsvar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive