Ge-fædrian

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-fædrian
p. ede; pp. ed To FATHER, to adopt or to ascribe to any one as a son or daughter; adoptare, patri filium vel filiam ascribere :-- Ða þrý gebróþra nǽron ná Philippuse gemédred, ac wǽron gefædred the three were not brothers of Philip by their mother [mothered], but they were by their father, [fathered], Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19. ge-fædrian
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