Federa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Federa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: fedra. an; Related words: fædera. federa

Definitions

1 federa

m. An uncle, a father's brother; patruus :-- Se wæs Ælfríces sunn Ǽdwines federan he was the son of Ælfric, Edwin's uncle. Chr. 634; Erl. 25, 25: 737; Erl. 47, 24, Édwines fedran suna Edwin's uncle's son, Chr. 643; Erl. 27, 19.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛖᛞᛖᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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