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eald-fæder

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
eald-fæder, an ancestor; in pl.
fathers, forefathers
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  • 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.
Etymology
[Hir aldfadir cal I Adam, Met. Hml. 122, 17. O. Sax. ald-fader (Abraham); O.H. Ger. alt-fater (Adam); in pl. the patriarchs.]
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