Andsvara

Old Norwegian Dictionary - andsvara

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "andsvara" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

andsvara: andsvara, v. (að) 1) svare, give Svar, Be-sked; andsvara e-m Heilag. II, 41616;vér (siger Kongen) höfunn fengit herraN. merkismanni várum fullkomit valdok umboð til - - at andsvara eptir lögumþeim málum sem á oss kunnu kærastRb. 19 a. 2) falde ind med responso-rium i kirkelig Sang (jvf andstefja, and-stefna); héldu þeir heilagar bœkrí höndum sér fyrir syngjandi, enaðrir andsvarandi ok eptir syngjandifluttu þessa þjónustu Heilag. I, 5439. 3) svare, staa til Rette for, være an-svarlig; kölluðum - herra Bjarna - -at andsvara þeim hlutum sem hannhefði gert á mót heilagri kirkju DN.III, 308; dœma sem ek vil andsvara fyrirguði Landsl. 2, 11 jvf DN. I, 13712.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚿᚦᛋᚠᛆᚱᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

a.: accusativ.

v.: Verbum.

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