mynsterfæder

Old English

Etymology

Calque of Latin monastēriī pāter (“father of a monastery”), equivalent to mynster (“monastery”) +‎ fæder (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmyn.sterˌfæ.der/

Noun

mynsterfæder m

1. head of a monastery

References

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