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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
fædrene c
- definite plural of fader
- definite plural of far
Etymology 2
From Old Danish fædherne, from the noun fæþrini, Old Norse faðerni (“paternal side”), derived from Proto-Germanic *fadrīnaz (“paternal”).
Adjective
fædrene (neuter fædrene, plural and definite singular attributive fædrene)
- ancestral
1836, Homer, translated by Christian Wilster, The Iliad, page 148:Her har du hentet din Død, og til Verden du kom ved Gygaias / Søe, der ligger din fædrene Gaard, dine fædrene Jorder / Hist ved den fiskrige Hyllos og Hermos's rivende Vande.- Here you got your death, and to the world you came by Gygaia's / Lake, there lies your ancestral farm, your ancestral lands / By the fish-rich Hyllos and the coursing waters of Hermos.