heahfæder

Old English

Etymology

From hēah- +‎ fæder.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hæːɑxfæder/

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

HĒAHFÆDER in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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