fædrene

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛðʁɐnə], [ˈfɛðɐnə]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fædrene c

1. definite plural of fader
2. definite plural of far

From Old Danish fædherne, from the noun fæþrini, Old Norse faðerni (“paternal side”), derived from Proto-Germanic *fadrīnaz (“paternal”).

fædrene (neuter fædrene, plural and definite singular attributive fædrene)

1. ancestral
   • 1836, Homer, translated by Christian Wilster, The Iliad, page 148:

     Her har du hentet din Død, og til Verden du kom ved Gygaias / Søe, der ligger din fædrene Gaard, dine fædrene Jorder / Hist ved den fiskrige Hyllos og Hermos's rivende Vande.

     Here you got your death, and to the world you came by Gygaia's / Lake, there lies your ancestral farm, your ancestral lands / By the fish-rich Hyllos and the coursing waters of Hermos.