and-swaru
- noun [ feminine ]
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Andswaru líðe
a soft answer,
- Scint. 77 .
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Grim andswaru
a fierce answer,
- Beo. Th. 5713 ;
- B. 2860 .
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Hí aféngon andsware
illi acceperunt responsum,
- Mt. Bos. 2, 12 .
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Andsware bídan wolde
would await an answer,
- Beo. Th. 299 1;
- B. 1493 :
- Exon. 10 b; Th. 12, 11 ;
- Cri. 184 :
- Bt. Met. Fox 22, 86 ;
- Met. 22, 43 .
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Nú sceal he sylf faran to incre andsware
now he must come himself for your answer.
- Cd. 27; Th. 35, 19 ;
- Gen. 557 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “and-swaru.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1742.
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