forfader

• forfar

for- +‎ fader, from Old Norse forfaðir, likely from Middle Low German vorvader.

forfader c (singular definite forfaderen, plural indefinite forfædre)

1. an ancestor, a forefather

• “forfader” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “forfader” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• forefader, forefadir, vorvader

From fore- +‎ fader.

• IPA^(key): /fɔːrˈfadər/, /fɔːrˈfaːdər/

forfader (plural forfadres)

1. forefather, ancestor

• English: forefather
• Scots: forefaither, forefader

• “fōr(e-fā̆der, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From for- +‎ fader.

forfader m (definite singular forfaderen, indefinite plural forfedre, definite plural forfedrene) (often in plural form)

1. an ancestor, a forefather

• “forfader” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From for- +‎ fader.

forfader m (definite singular forfaderen, indefinite plural forfedrar, definite plural forfedrane) (often in plural form)

1. old form of forfar

• “forfader” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.