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ge-fædere

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ge-fædere, ge-federe, an; f.
A godmother; commater, susceptrix
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  • Ǽfre ne geweorþe, ðæt Cristen man gewífige on his gefæderan

    let it never be that a Christian man marry with his godmother,

    • L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 17
    • :
    • L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. gi-uatara
;
Ger. gevatterin
.]
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v.  ge-federe.
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  • ge-fædere, n.