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Old Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr.
Noun
faþir m (genitive faþur, plural fæþær)
- (Scania) father
- c. 1210, "Barn æftir faþur sin", Scanian Law, chapter 53.
[…] alt þæt ær þeræ faþir […]- all that, what their father
Descendants
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse ᚠᛅᚦᛁᚱ (faþir), compare normalized West Norse faðir, both from Proto-Germanic *fadēr.
Noun
faþir m
- father
Declension
Declension of faþir (r-stem)
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singular
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plural
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indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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| nominative
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faþir
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faþirin
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fæþer
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fæþrini(r), -rene(r)
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| accusative
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faþur, -or
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faþurin, -orin
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fæþer
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fæþrina, -rena
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| dative
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fæþar; faþur, -or
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faþurinum, -orenom
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fæþrum, -rom
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fæþrumin, -romen
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| genitive
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faþur, -or
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faþurins, -orins
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fæþra
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fæþranna
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