lorefather

English

Etymology

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

Noun

lorefather (plural lorefathers)

1. (archaic, rare) A male teacher

   Of all men they do most evil, Their lorefather is the devil. — MS. Harleian, quoted by Halliwell.

   • 2010, Gav Thorpe, The Crown of the Blood:

     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.

Alternative forms

• lare-father
• lore-father