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fæder-æðelo

  • noun [ neuter ]
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fæder-æðelo, indecl. n. [æðelo nobility, origin]
Fatherly nobility, origin, ancestry, fatherly honours; gĕneālŏgia păterna, nōbĭlĭtas hērēdĭtāria
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  • Ða ðe mǽgburge mǽst gefrunon, fæderæðelo gehwǽs

    those who most understand kinship, the ancestry of each,

    • Cd. 161
    • ;
    • Th. 200,
    • 24;
    • Exod. 361
    • .
  • He scolde fæderæðelumonfón

    he should succeed to his father's honours,

    • Beo. Th. 1826
    • ;
    • B. 911
    • .
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  • fæder-æðelo, n.