| 释义 |
† ˈfatherkin Obs.
[OE. fæder cyn (= ON. fǫður kyn), f. fæder, genit. of fæder father + cyn kin. OE. had also fæd(e)ren cyn, where the former word is an adj.]
Descent by the father's side.
O.E. Chron. an. 755 §3 And hiera ryht fæder cyn gæþ to Cerdice. [a1000Crist. 248 (Gr.) Nu we areccan ne maᵹon þæt fædrencynn.] c1440Promp. Parv. 145 Fadyrkyn, or modyrkyn, parentela. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xxxix. 71 From which grownd..by my fatherkin I will not starte. |