heahfæder

Old English

Etymology

From hēah +‎ fæder.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːxˌfæ.der/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːxˌfæ.der]

Noun

hēahfæder m

a patriarch
(theology) God the Father

Declension

Declension of heahfæder (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hēahfæder	hēahfæderas
accusative	hēahfæder	hēahfæderas
genitive	hēahfæderes	hēahfædera
dative	hēahfædere	hēahfæderum

Descendants

Middle English: heahfeder, hehfader
- English: highfather (possibly)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HĒAHFÆDER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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