heahfæder

Old English

Etymology

From hēah +‎ fæder.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hēahfæder m

1. a patriarch
2. (theology) God the Father

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.