Ge-fædere

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-fædere

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-federe, an;

ge-fædere
f. A godmother; commater, susceptrix :-- Ǽfre ne geweorþe, ðæt Cristen man gewífige on his gefæderan let it never be that a Christian man marry with his godmother, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 17 : L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22. [O. H. Ger. gi-uatara; Ger. gevatterin.] ge-fædere
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