gevadere
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Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *gefadero, from Proto-West Germanic *gafadurjō (literally “co-father”).
Noun
[edit]gevādere m
- godfather
- Groot en loom zijn ghevaders of cozijns.
- Great and lazy are the godfathers or cousins.
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Dutch: gevader
Further reading
[edit]- “ghevader(e)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gevadere”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN