fæder

== English == === Noun === fæder (plural fæders) Alternative spelling of faeder. === Anagrams === Fareed, Freeda, ad-free, afeerd, deafer, feared == Middle English == === Noun === fæder (Early Middle English) alternative form of fader == Old English == === Alternative forms === fader — Northumbrian feder — Northumbrian, Mercian fador — Northumbrian, Mercian fadur, feadur, fieder, fædyr, fædir === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Old Germanic cognates: Old Frisian feder, Old Saxon fadar, Old Dutch fader, Old High German fater, Old Norse faðir, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfæ.der/ Rhymes: -æ.der === Noun === fæder m father ==== Usage notes ==== Usually indeclinable in the singular, though fæderes occasionally appears for the genitive. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== faþu fædera ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: fader, fadir, fadur, fadyr, father, feder, ffader, vader, veder, faderr, faðer, fæder (Early Middle English)English: father→ Marshallese: bataGullah: farruhScots: faither, fader, faether, faider, father, fitherYola: vather → English: faeder