eldfather

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eldfather

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From Middle English eldfader, variant of olde fader, from Old English eald fæder (“grandfather, ancestor”), equivalent to eld (“old”) + father. Cognate with Scots eldfader (“grandfather, father-in-law”), Old Frisian aldafeder (“grandfather”).

noun eldfathers

archaic, dialectal One's grandfather or forefather. Elof sat with his eyes closed, still in the grip of the thought that he had just heard his eldfathers, all the way back to Adam, chanting at the table.
obsolete One's father-in-law.

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@misc{eldfather_2026,
  title = {eldfather},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eldfather},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}