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N (masc)

father

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/9879

Attested in Caedmon's Hymn ("wuldorfæder"), Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia

originates from
PWGmc *fader "father" (pre-oe-a-fronting) through pwgmc-to-oe
PGmc *fader- "father" (fader- > fadar > fædær > fæder) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:121)
Component of compounds
wuldorfæder "worth-father"

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