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