eald fæder

Old English

Alternative forms

• ealdfæder, ealdefæder

Etymology

Cognate with Old Saxon aldfader.

Noun

eald fæder m

1. grandfather
2. 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