"fæder" meaning in Old English

See fæder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfæ.der/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Old Germanic cognates: Old Frisian feder, Old Saxon fadar, Old Dutch fader, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|inh|gmw-pro>*fader>father|id=father}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fader}} Proto-West Germanic *fader, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*fadēr}} Proto-Germanic *fadēr, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*ph₂tḗr}} Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr, {{cog|ofs|feder}} Old Frisian feder, {{cog|osx|fadar}} Old Saxon fadar, {{cog|odt|fader}} Old Dutch fader, {{cog|goh|fater}} Old High German fater, {{cog|non|faðir}} Old Norse faðir, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂}} Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} fæder m, {{ang-noun|m}} fæder m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|fæder|fæderas|fæder|fæderas|fæder, fæderes|fædera|fæder, fædere|fæderum}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fæder [nominative, singular], fæderas [nominative, plural], fæder [accusative, singular], fæderas [accusative, plural], fæder [genitive, singular], fæderes [genitive, singular], fædera [genitive, plural], fæder [dative, singular], fædere [dative, singular], fæderum [dative, plural], fader [alternative], feder [alternative], fador [alternative], fadur [alternative], feadur [alternative], fieder [alternative], fædyr [alternative], fædir [alternative]
  1. father Tags: masculine Related terms: faþu, fædera
    Sense id: en-fæder-ang-noun-iKGIHwAl Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Male family members Derived forms: ǣrfæder, eald fæder, fæderæþelu, fæderen, fæderēþel, fæderfeoh, fæderġeard, fæderġestrēon, fæderlēas, fæderlīċ, fæderslaga, fæderswica, forefæder, fōstorfæder, fulwihtfæder, godfæder, hēafodfæder, hēahfæder, mynsterfæder, nēahfæder, sōþfæder, stēopfæder, þridda fæder, wuldorfæder

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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              "word": "farruh"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "father"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "faither"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "fader"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "faether"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "faider"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "father"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "fither"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yola",
          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "vather"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "ffader"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "faeder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "gmw-pro>*fader>father",
        "id": "father"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fader"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fader",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fadēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fadēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ph₂tḗr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "feder"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian feder",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fadar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fadar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "fader"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch fader",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "fater"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German fater",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "faðir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse faðir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.\nOld Germanic cognates: Old Frisian feder, Old Saxon fadar, Old Dutch fader, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fæder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fæderas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fæder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fæderas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fæder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fæderes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fædera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fæder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fædere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fæderum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fader",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feder",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fador",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fadur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feadur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fieder",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fædyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fædir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fæder m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "fæder m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fæder",
        "2": "fæderas",
        "3": "fæder",
        "4": "fæderas",
        "5": "fæder, fæderes",
        "6": "fædera",
        "7": "fæder, fædere",
        "8": "fæderum"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "faþu"
    },
    {
      "word": "fædera"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂-",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Male family members"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              198,
              203
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              215,
              225
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Good is that keeps his belief, should not ever unfold his wrath,\nfighter of his breasts, too quickly, unless before this help he would\nknow how to help out a man with strength. It's good for him who seeks\nhelp from the Father in heavens, where this whole fastening stands for us.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Til biþ sē þe his trēowe ġehealdeþ, · ne sċeal nǣfre his torn tō ryċene\nbeorn of his brēostum ācȳþan, · nemþe hē ǣr þā bōte cunne,\neorl mid elne ġefremman. · Wel bið þām þe him āre sēċeð,\nfrōfre tō fæder on heofonum, · þǣr ūs eal sēo fæstnung stondeð.",
          "translation": "Good is that keeps his belief, should not ever unfold his wrath,\nfighter of his breasts, too quickly, unless before this help he would\nknow how to help out a man with strength. It's good for him who seeks\nhelp from the Father in heavens, where this whole fastening stands for us.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæ.der/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fæder"
}

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