a neighbouring father of the church, one not belonging to distant parts :-- Nú ic þus swíðe behealde þá neáhfæderas þe mid ús wǽron dum vicinis valde patribus intendo, Gr. D. 179, 7.
Cite the scanned version of the original dicionary like this:
Toller, T. Northcote, and Joseph Bosworth. "neáh-fæder." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth : Supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. 647.