Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lorefather

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lore-fa-ther
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Of all men they do most evil, Their lorefather is the devil. — MS. Harleian, quoted by Halliwell."
"Not in Ullsaard's lifetime had anyone gone up there, but in generations past every equinox and solstice had seen the flames dancing high as the loremothers and the lorefathers had led the people in their rituals of sacrifice to appease the spirits of sky and earth and forest."

Etymology

From Middle English lorefadyr, larefadir, larfadir, equivalent to lore + father.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lorefadyr

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

lorefathers (plural) lare-father (alternative) lore-father (alternative)

Questions

What does lorefather mean?: A male teacher
Where does lorefather come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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