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heáh-fæder

  • noun [ masculine ]
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heáh-fæder, m.
A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. God
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  • Heáhfæder

    patriarcha,

      Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 69, 118; Wrt. Voc. 41, 68.

  • Héhfæder

    patriarcha,

      Rtl. 195, 10.

  • Cuoeþ lá héhfæder

    dixit abba pater,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 36.

  • Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder

    she stands on the right hand of the Father,

      Shrn. 118, 9: Rood Kmbl. 266; Kr. 134.

  • Ðeodosius se wæs ðære hǽðenre héhfæder

    Theodosius who was the patriarch of the heathens,

      Nar. 40, 5.

  • Be ðam heáhfædere Abrahame

    concerning the patriarch Abraham,

      Homl. Th. i. 46, 11.

  • Jacob gestrýnde twelf suna, ða sind gehátene twelf heáhfæderas

    Jacob begat twelve sons, who are called the twelve patriarchs,

    ii.
      190, 25: i. 396, 9.
Etymology
[Orm. Godd heh-faderr God the Father: O. H. Ger. hóh-fater patriarca.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heáh-fæder.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18329.

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