forfader
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔːrˈfadər/, /fɔːrˈfaːdər/
Noun
forfader (plural forfadres)
Descendants
- English: forefather
- Scots: forefaither, forefader
References
- “fōr(e-fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
forfader m (definite singular forfaderen, indefinite plural forfedre, definite plural forfedrene) (often in plural form)
- an ancestor, a forefather
References
- “forfader” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
forfader m (definite singular forfaderen, indefinite plural forfedrar, definite plural forfedrane) (often in plural form)
- old form of forfar
References
- “forfader” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.