Andet(t)a

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

andet(t)a

Substitute: The word seems indeclinable and to be used only in the phrase beón (wesan, weorþan) andetta = to admit a charge, liability, & c., (1) with gen.:--Gielde sé þæs sleges andetta sié wer and wíte let him that admits the slaying (acknowledges that he slew the man) pay 'wer' and 'wíte,' Ll. Th. i. 80, 7. Ic þé eom andetta mínra synna, Angl. xiii. 501, 15. Ic þe eom andetta bóte I admit to thee my liability to make amends, 501, 17, 23. Ðonne cuæð se biscop and ðára hína wiotan þet hió him néren máran ondeta (that they did not admit to him liability for more) þonne hit árǽded wæs on Æðelbaldes dæge, Cht. Th. 70, 25. (2) with a clause:--Swíþe seldon ǽnig man wile beón andetta ꝥ hé æfestig sý, Bl. H. 65, 4. Heó him tó sprǽcon ymbe ꝥ land, ꝥ hé his him geúðe; ðá wæs hé ondeta ꝥ hé swá walde he admitted that he was willing to do so, Cht. Th. 47, 18. Þú hæbbe forgitan þæt ðú ǽr andætta wére ꝥ þú wisse, Shrn. 191, 26. [O. H. Ger. ant-heiz(z)o; ih in antheizo uuard.] andetta