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der
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"
Paradigms