Old English · noun
ærfæder
Normalised ǣrfæder
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈæːrˌfæ.der/
- Syllables
- ˈæːr · ˌfæ · der (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- forefather
Meaning
-
forefather
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From ǣr (“before”) + fæder (“father”).
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