Infinitive
answeren; to answeren; answere
Participles
| Present | answerende; answerynge |
| Past | answered; answerd; yanswered; yanswerd |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | answere |
| 2nd sing. | answerest |
| 3rd sing. | answereth |
| 1st plur. | answeren; answere; answereth |
| 2nd plur. | answeren; answere; answereth |
| 3rd plur. | answeren; answere; answereth |
Past
| 1st sing. | answered; answerede; answerde |
| 2nd sing. | answeredest; answerdest |
| 3rd sing. | answered; answerede; answerde |
| 1st plur. | answereden; answered; answerede; answerden; answerde |
| 2nd plur. | answereden; answered; answerede; answerden; answerde |
| 3rd plur. | answereden; answered; answerede; answerden; answerde |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | answere |
| 2nd sing. | answere |
| 3rd sing. | answere |
Past
| 1st sing. | answered; answerede; answerde |
| 2nd sing. | answered; answerede; answerde |
| 3rd sing. | answered; answerede; answerde |
Imperative
| Singular | answere |
| Plural | answereth; answere |
Etymology
From Old English andswerian (from Proto-Germanic *andaswarjaną) and Old English andswarian (from Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną); equivalent to and- + swaren or answere + -en (infinitival suffix). See: Old English '
andswerian', Proto-Germanic '
*andaswarjaną', Old English '
andswarian'.
Verbs referencing "answeren"
English
answer.
Sample Sentences
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and þe aũgel anſweride / ⁊ ſeide to hir / þe hoolı gooſt ſchal come fro aboue in to þee .· ⁊ þe v̇tu of þe hiȝeste ſchal ouerſchadewe þee / ⁊ þ̇foꝛ þat hoolı þıng þat ſchal be boren of þee .· ſchal be clepid þe ſone of god […] (And the angel responded, saying to her, "The Holy Spirit will come from above onto you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the holy one that you'll give birth to will be called 'the Son of God'. […] ") [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Luke 1:35, folio 27, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
Cognates
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