Ge-fædere

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-fædere

Add: (1) of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater :-- Hé gean Ælf(þ)ríð, ðæs cyninges wífæ, his gefæðeran, Cht. Th. 527, 14. Ne gewífige hé on his gefæderan (commatrem), Ll. Th. i. 364, 25: Wlfst. 271, 12. (2) of the relation between sponsor and child, a godmother; matrina :-- Gif hwylc man wífige on his gefæderan (matrinam), Ll. Th. ii. 188, 17. ge-fædere