eald fæder

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ealdfæder, ealdefæder === Etymology === Cognate with Old Frisian aldafeder and Old Saxon aldfader. === Noun === eald fæder m grandfather ancestor ==== Usage notes ==== The word for "great grandfather" is þridda fæder (literally “third father”), "great-great grandfather" is fēorþa fæder (literally “fourth father”), and so on. ==== Declension ==== See the declensions of eald and fæder. ==== Coordinate terms ==== eald mōdor ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: olde fader, eldfader English: eldfather Scots: eldfader