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forþ-fæderas

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-fæderas, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

Forefathers ⬩ mājōres

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Forefathers; mājōres Abrahames forþfæderas Abraham's forefathers, Ælfc. T. 7, 26. Forþfæderas tritavi, Hpt. Gl. 426

Linked entry: fóre-fæder

forþ-fæderas

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Forþfæderas tritavos, An. Ox. 847. in an ecclesiastical sense Þára drohtnunge ic gesweotelige swá swá úre forþfæderas hit gesettan quorum (monachorum) conversationem, ut patrum edocet institutio, intimabo, R. Ben. 136, 29

forþ-fæderen

(adj.)
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paternal Hrefen gesihð his briddas hwítes bleós ... gýmð hwonne hí æfter heora forðfæderene ( paterno colore ) sweartion, Chrd. 96, 6

Linked entry: fæderen

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