andsaca

Old English

Alternative forms

ondsaca

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *andasakō. Cognate with Old Saxon andsako. Equivalent to and- +‎ saca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑndˌsɑ.kɑ/

Noun

andsaca m

adversary, opponent, enemy
denier, renouncer, apostate

Declension

Declension of andsaca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	andsaca	andsacan
accusative	andsacan	andsacan
genitive	andsacan	andsacena
dative	andsacan	andsacum

Related terms

andsæc f (“resistance, refusal”)
andsacian (“to deny, refuse”)
onsacan (“to strive against, refuse”)
sæc f (“strife, contest”)
sacan (“to fight, strive”)
sacian (“to strive, brawl”)
sacu f (“strife, distress, crime”)
wiþsacan (“to deny, refuse, reject”)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ANDSACA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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