faþir

See also: faðir

Old Danish

Alternative forms

• fathær (Jutlandic)

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr.

Noun

faþir m (genitive faþur, plural fæþær)

1. (Scania) father
   • c. 1210, "Barn æftir faþur sin", Scanian Law, chapter 53.

     […] alt þæt ær þeræ faþir […]

     […] all that, what their father […]

Descendants

• Danish: fader, far
  • Norwegian Bokmål: far, fader
• Scanian: faðer

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• fadher, fadhir, ᚠᛆᚦᛁᚱ

Etymology

From Old Norse ᚠᛅᚦᛁᚱ (faþir), compare normalized West Norse faðir, both from Proto-Germanic *fadēr.

Noun

faþir m

1. father

Declension

Declension of faþir (r-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faþir	faþirin	fæþer	fæþrini(r), -rene(r)
accusative	faþur, -or	faþurin, -orin	fæþer	fæþrina, -rena
dative	fæþar; faþur, -or	faþurinum, -orenom	fæþrum, -rom	fæþrumin, -romen
genitive	faþur, -or	faþurins, -orins	fæþra	fæþranna

Descendants

• Swedish: fader, far