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Old English
Etymology
Cognate with Old Frisian aldafeder and Old Saxon aldfader.
Noun
eald fæder m
- grandfather
- ancestor
Usage notes
- The word for "great grandfather" is þridda fæder (literally “third father”), "great-great grandfather" is fēorþa fæder (literally “fourth father”), and so on.
Declension
See the declensions of eald and fæder.
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