Etymograph > Indo-European > Old English > Dictionary

fæder

N (masc)

father

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/9879

Attested in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia

originates from

PWGmc *fader 'father' (pre-oe-a-fronting) through pwgmc-to-oe

(source: Ringe 2014:147)

PGmc *fader- 'father' (fader- > fadar > fædær > fæder) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:121)

Component of compounds

wuldorfæder 'worth-father' in Caedmon's Hymn

Paradigms