† ˈandwurdeˈandwyrdev.

Etymology: Old English andwyrd-an , -werdan , -wirdan , cognate with Old High German antwurtan (modern German antworten ), Old Saxon andwordian , Gothic andwaurdjan ; formed on the n., Gothic andawaurdi , Old Saxon andwordi , Old High German antwurti , Middle High German antwürte (modern German antwort ), Old English andwyrde an answer; < anda- , and- , against, back + word (Gothic waurd ) ‘word.’ The n. andwyrde (in King Ælfred) was displaced by andswaru before the end of the Old English period; the vb. also was usually replaced by andswerian , answer n., in late Old English, and did not survive 12th cent.