fulwihtfæder

Old English

Etymology

From fulwiht (“baptism”) +‎ fæder (“father”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈful.wixtˌfæ.der/, [ˈfuɫ.wiçtˌfæ.der]

Noun

fulwihtfæder m

1. (hapax) baptizer (one who baptizes; used to refer to John the Baptist)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fulwihtfæder”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.