Eldfather
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eldfather is a noun meaning (dialectal, now archaic) One's grandfather or forefather.
Meaning
(dialectal, now archaic) One's grandfather or forefather.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) One's father-in-law.
Example Sentences
Elof sat with his eyes closed, still in the grip of the thought that he had just heard his eldfathers, all the way back to Adam, chanting at the table.
For some reason "rune" continued to be the most attractive of the two, though, truth to tell, there had been no more than the usual mention of the word either in my general reading or in the Frisian (the language of my eldfathers) […]
Word Forms
- eldfathers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grandfather, forthfather, old man, great-grandfather, granther, eldmother.
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