Father in Old English – English-Old English Dictionary


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Father in Old English - English-Old English Dictionary

Father in Old English – English-Old English Dictionary

father        

IPA: /ˈfɑː.ðɚ/, /ˈfaː.ðə/, /ˈfɑː.ðə(ɹ)/, ˈfɑːðə(r); Type: verb, noun;

  • fæder

    noun masculine

    male parent

    A male parent.

A male who sires (and often raises) a child.

A term of address for an elderly man.

A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

The founder of a discipline or science.

To be a father to; to sire.

(figuratively) To give rise to.

To act as a father; to support and nurture.

A (generally human) male who begets a child.

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

A term of respectful address for a priest.

A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

The founder of a discipline or science.

A senator of Ancient Rome.

To be a father to; to sire.

To give rise to.

To act as a father; to support and nurture.

To provide with a father.

To adopt as one’s own.

male parent

term of address for an elderly man

to sire

to give rise to

The head of an organized crime family.

father (quoting term)

father (address term)

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

A person that has founded or originated, as in ”the father of our country”

A male parent.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); “his father was born in Atlanta”

a person who founds or establishes some institution; “George Washington is the father of his country”

a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; “the tennis fathers ruled in her favor”; “the city fathers endorsed the proposal”

the founder of a family; “keep the faith of our forefathers”

the head of an organized crime family

make (offspring) by reproduction; “Abraham begot Isaac”; “John fathered four daughters”