forme fader
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- vorme fader, forme ffader, forme-fader, formere fader, forme-ffadir, fferme ffader, foorme fader, form fader, forme fadir, fform fadur, former fader
Etymology
[edit]From forme (“first”) + fader.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]forme fader (plural forme fadres)
- Adam (as the progenitor of humankind)
- forefather, ancestor
References
[edit]- “form(e-fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.