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

1. adversary, opponent, enemy
2. 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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.