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All-Father

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Calque of Old Norse Alfǫðr.

proper noun the All-Father · Allfather

  1. The chief god of a pantheon.
  2. Germanic, Norse Odin.

noun All-Fathers · Allfather

  1. A supreme being; a god who rules over all others. Our first lesson is that God is a Father ; the second, that He is an All-Father ; that His Fatherhood is a fact in which others, without any limit perceptible to us, have an equal share with ourselves.

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"All-Father." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/all-father. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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All-Father. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/all-father

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"All-Father." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/all-father.

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@misc{all_father_2026,
  title = {All-Father},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all-father},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}