fæderswica

Old English

Etymology

From fæder (“father”) +‎ swica (“deceiver, betrayer”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæ.derˌswi.kɑ/

Noun

fæderswica m

1. one who betrays their father

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fæder-swica”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.