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lorefather en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (archaic, rare) A male teacher
   • 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. 2010, Gav Thorpe, The Crown of the Blood:
   • Of all men they do most evil, Their lorefather is the devil. — MS. Harleian, quoted by Halliwell.

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