forme fader
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- vorme fader, forme ffader, forme-fader, formere fader, forme-ffadir, fferme ffader, foorme fader, form fader, forme fadir, fform fadur, former fader
Etymology edit
From forme (“first”) + fader.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forme fader (plural forme fadres)
- Adam (as the progenitor of humankind)
- forefather, ancestor
References edit
- “form(e-fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.