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  • Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God,

      Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17: 52, 4-15.

  • Godfæder his godbearn lufie,

      Wlfst. 74, 13.

  • Petrus wæs his (

    St. Mark's

    ) godfæder and hine Gode gestrýnde, and hé lange folgode his fulluhtfædere
      Petre, Hml. S. 15, 143.

  • Ic eom þín godfæder and þú mín goddohtor,

      Hml. A. 178, 297.

  • Ðá unsprecendan cild beóð gehealdene on ðam fulluhte ðurh geleáfan þæs fæder and þǽre móder and þæs foresprecendan godfæder,

      Hml. Th. ii. 116, 16; 52, 2.

  • Beóð þá þe cildes onfón rihtlíce ... godfæderas, gif hý heora godbearn Gode gestrýnað,

      Wlfst. 121, 4.
God the Father
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  • Godfæder efenlǽcend

    Dei Patris imitator,

      Scint. 13, 11.

  • Sc̃a Maria is Godfæder snoru,

      Shrn. 118, 6.

  • Sc̃a Maria onféng on hire bósm Godfæder sunu,

      Bl. H. 5, 33: 29, 27.

  • Se ilca Sunu wæs ácenned fram Godfæder, 31, 25, Hé fram Godfæder ásended wæs and eft tó Godfæder féran wolde

    a Deo exivit et ad Deum vadit,

      Hml. A. 154, 77.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “god-fæder.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51025.

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