fulwihtfæder
Old English
Etymology
From fulwiht (“baptism”) + fæder (“father”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈful.wixtˌfæ.der/, [ˈfuɫ.wiçtˌfæ.der]
Noun
fulwihtfæder m
- (hapax legomenon) baptizer (one who baptizes; used to refer to John the Baptist)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fulwihtfæder”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.