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fæder-gestreón

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Fædergestreón patrimonium, An. Ox. 4818: patrimonia, 4624. Fædergestreóna patrimonium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 69. Add

fæder-líce

(adv.)
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fæder-líce, adv.
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As a father Þæt Cúðberhtus his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that Cuthbert like as a father would pity his curiosity, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 19

fullwiht-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-fæder, (fulwiht-)
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a baptismal father, expressing the relation of the baptizer to the person baptized Kynegils his fulluhtfæder Sc̃e Birine geúþe (cf. Cynegils wæs gefulwad from Birino, Chr. 635), Cht. Th. 115, 31. Marcus wæs mid Petre . . . Petrus wæs his godfæder, and

heáfod-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-fæder, m.

A patriarch

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A patriarch, Lye

eald-fæder

Grammar
eald-fæder, ealde-fæder.
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Substitute the two following:

feówerþa-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
feówerþa-fæder, [MS. feówerþe-fæder]; indecl. in sing.

A great-great-grandfatherăbăvus

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A great-great-grandfather; ăbăvus, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 12; Wrt. Voc. 51, 57

fóre-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-fæder, fóre-fæderas

FOREFATHERFOREFATHERSmājōres

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FOREFATHER, FOREFATHERS; mājōres

Linked entry: forþ-fæderas

ǽr-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-fæder, indecl. in sing, but sometimes gen. -fæderes and dat. -fædere are found; pl. nom. acc. -fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

A forefatherfatherpropatorpater

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A forefather, father; propator, pater, Beo. Th. 5258; B. 2622

steóp-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-fæder, m.
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Steóp-fæder vitricus vel patraster, Wrt. i. 52, 11: 72, 31: 284, 75: ii. 11, 10. Hé ofslóh ge his ágenne fæder ge his steópfæder (vitricum suum), Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 22

fæder-lic

ancestrallineal

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Similar entries v. fæder, I 2, 2 a Þíne suna gesittað ꝥ cynesetl oð ðá feórðe mǽgðe mid fæderlicre æftergengnysse (son shall succeed father for four generations), Hml.

god-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
god-fæder, m.
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Ðú sitest on ða swíþran hand ðínum God-Fæder thou sittest on the right hand of thy Divine Father, Hy. 8, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 31

heáh-fæder

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Add: the first person of the Trinity, God the Father Be þám áncennedan suna þæs heáhfæder (heán fæder, v. l.) de Unigenito summi Patris, Gr. D. 240, 25: Wlfst. 230, 29.

god-fæder

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Ðá unsprecendan cild beóð gehealdene on ðam fulluhte ðurh geleáfan þæs fæder and þǽre móder and þæs foresprecendan godfæder, Hml. Th. ii. 116, 16; 52, 2.

fæder-æðelo

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-æðelo, indecl. n. [æðelo nobility, origin]

Fatherly nobility, origin, ancestry, fatherly honoursgĕneālŏgia păterna, nōbĭlĭtas hērēdĭtāria

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Fatherly nobility, origin, ancestry, fatherly honours; gĕneālŏgia păterna, nōbĭlĭtas hērēdĭtāria 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

fæðer-homa

(n.)

a feather-covering, the wings

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a feather-covering, the wings, Cd. 22; Jun. 11, 1

féster-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
féster-fæder, es; m.

A foster-fathernourisheraltornutrītor

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A foster-father, nourisher; altor, nutrītor Fésterfæder altor, Wrt. Voc. 284, 72. Ætýwde me mín iú magister and fésterfæder appārŭit măgister quondam meus et nutrītor, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 34

fulwiht-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht-fæder, es; m.

A baptizer

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A baptizer Sancte Iohannes, Cristes fulwihtfæder St. John, Christ's baptizer, Blickl. Homl. 205, 17

ealde-fæder

(n.)
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a grandfather. Cf. eald, VI a On Arcestrates cyne-ríce his ealdefeder. Ap. Th. 28, 9. Se cing Eádmund ys bebyrged mid his ealdefæder Eádgáre, Chr. 1016; P. 153, 22

Linked entry: fæder

eald-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-fæder, an ancestor; in pl.
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fathers, forefathers Ealdfædera cnósle auita stirpe, An. Ox. 1600. Þú forðfærst tó þínum ealdfæderum tu ibis ad patres tuos. Gen. 15, 15. Swá hé behét heora ealdfæderum ( patribus eorum ), Jos. 21, 41

fæder-feoh

Similar entry: fæderen-feoh