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§5; §7; §22; §36; §41; §54; §155; §183; §211; §215; §218; §238; §253; §278; §295; §299; §415; §563;
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of human beings.
a parent
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  • Þonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ ꝥ his ful leóf fæder gefærþ, ne mæg ꝥ ná beón ꝥ þá bearn þe unblíþran ne sýn,

    • Bl. H. 131, 24
      • .

  • Þæs fæder and þǽre módor mægen,

    • 163, 25
      • .

  • Hwæðer þára twégra dyde þæs fæder (fadres, L., fæderes, R.) willan ?,

    • Mt. 21, 31
      • .

  • Nǽfre ácennede from fæder ne from méder,

    • Bl. H. 93, 28
      • .

  • Ic fare tó mínum fæder (feder, L.) and ic secge him: ' Eálá fæder (fader, L.), '

    • Lk. 15, 18
      • .

  • Cwæð se yldra tó his fæder (fæder, L., feder, R.): 'Fæder, '

    • 12
      • .

  • Úre worldcunde fædras (fæderas, v. l.),

    • Past. 253, 25
      • .

  • Úre flǽslican fædras,

    • 255, 10
      • .

  • Fæderas ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora bearnum þone þeódscipe lǽrdon,

    • Bl. H. 185, 18.
a step-father:
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  • Þá þe steópcildum wesen strange fæderas,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 5.
a male ancestor, forefather; mostly plural, fathers, ancestors
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  • Wé habbað Abraham ús tó fæder,

    • Mt. 3, 9
      • .

  • Hit is gesǽd ðæt úre ealdan fæderas (fædras, v. l.) wǽron ceápes hierdas,

    • Past. 100, 4
      • .

  • Úre fæderas (fedras, Ps. Srt.) hit ús sǽdon,

    • Ps. Th. 43, 1.

  • Fadoras,

    • Lk. L. 6, 23
      • .

  • Fadero ł aldro úsero,

    • Jn. L. 6, 31
      • .

  • Oþ cneórisse fæderena (feddra, Ps. Srt.) heora

    usque in progenies patrum suorum,

    • Ps. L. 48, 20
      • .

  • On úre fædera (fædra, R., fadora, L.) dagum,

    • Mt. 23, 30
      • .

  • Se Hǽlend wæs sprecende tó úrum fæderum,

    • Bl. H. 159, 25
      • .

  • Fædrum (fadorum, L.),

    • Lk. R. 1, 72
      • .

  • Tó fadrum his,

    • Jn. p. 2, 2.
where degree of relationship is given,
father (as in grand-father, &c.):
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  • Yldra fæder

    avita,

    fífta fæder

    atavus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 71, 72
      • .

  • Bearn Ælfríces cwæð: 'Wæs mín ealda fæder Ealhelm háten, '

    • B. 218.

  • Féng Carl tó þám westríce . . . swá hit his þridda fæder

    (his great-grandfather)

    hæfde,

    • Chr. 885
      • ;
    • P. 78, 32
      • .

  • Félix wæs his (Gregory's) fífta fæder

    Felix ejus fuit atavus

      (
    • Bd. 2, 1
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 118, 9
      • .

  • On þám is swiotol ealla þá duguþa hiora fæder and heora eldran fæder

    vel paterni vel aviti specimen elucet ingenii,

    • Bt. 10
      • ;
    • F. 28, 32
      • .

  • Eádmund is byrged mid his ealdan fæder Eádgáre,

    • Chr. 1016
      • ;
    • P. 153, 12
      • .

  • Ǽnne for mé, óþerne for mínne fæder, þriddan for mínne ieldran fæder,

    • C. D. ii. 176, 7
      • .
a god-father
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  • On þám fulluhte án fæder

    (sponsor)

    mæg beón, gif hit nýdþearf bið,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 140, 18
      • .
one of the early church
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  • Wé rǽdað þæt þá ealdan fæderas on ánum dæge þæt stíðlíce gefyldon, þǽr wé ásolcene on áre wucan gelǽsten,

    • R. Ben. 44, 21
      • .

  • Þá gesetton hálige fæderas and Godes folces láreówas þá tíd þæs fæstenes,

    • Bl. H. 27, 25
      • .

  • Hé ðá bisene ðára forðgefarena federa (fædra, v. l.) sceáwað,

    • Past. 77, 19
one who exercises fatherly care, a patron
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  • Aðelwold muneca fæder,

    • Chr. 984
      • ;
    • P. 125, 8
      • .

  • Se árwurða muneca feder Landfranc,

    • 1089
      • ;
    • P. 225, 8
      • .

  • Hine (Eádweard) gecés tó fæder (fædere, v. l.) and tó hláforde Scotta cyning and eall Scotta þeód,

    • 924
      • ;
    • P. 104, 18
      • .
the head of a family
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  • Þæs mynstres fæder

    (the abbot,

      cf.
    • l. 39
      • ),
    • Hml. S. 33, 13
      • .

  • Cuoeðas gié ðǽm fædir (feder, R.) hiórodas,

    • Lk. L. 22, 11
      • .
of the Deity.
the first person of the Trinity
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  • Fæderes

    Patris,

    • Hy. S. 96, 22
      • .

  • Drihten, þú ðe ástíhst ofer tungla mid Fæder,

    • 88, 35
      • .

  • Sý lof Fæder mid Suna,

    • 96, 19.
the Father of Jesus
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  • Mínes Fæder (Fador, L., Fædres, R.) willa,

    • Jn. 6, 40
      • .

  • Fædores,

    • Mk. p. 3, 3
      • .

  • Faderes,

    • Mt. L. 12, 50
      • .

  • Ic wæs sended fram mínum Fæder,

    • Bl. H. 155, 24
      • :
    • 157, 21.
the heavenly Father of men
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  • Fæder úre þú þe eart on heofenum,

    • Mt. 6, 9
      • .

  • Úre se heofonlica Fæder,

    • Bl. H. 131, 27
      • .

  • Úre gǽsta Fæder,

    • Past. 255, 9
      • .

  • On ðæs Fæder húse,

    • 409, 5
      • .

  • Þínum Fæder (Federe, L.),

    • Mt. 6, 18
      • .
Similar entries
v. ealde-, féster-, fulluht-, mynster-, neáh-fæder.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/44313.

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