heahfæder

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hauhafader (“patriarch”), equivalent to hēah +‎ fæder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːxˌfæ.der/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːxˌfæ.der] === Noun === hēahfæder m a patriarch (theology) God the Father ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: heahfeder, hehfader English: highfather (possibly) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “HĒAHFÆDER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.