feyther

Moreover, he could talk of nothing else excepting "feyther," and "our Moll," and he really ate his bread (_subintellige_ biscuit) moistened with his tears (if tears can moisten such flinty preparations), for he was always whimpering.

Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820

"My feyther was a foundry hand till he died, and wasn't too steady neither; and when 'e died my mother took in washing.

The Making of a Soul Kathlyn Rhodes

"They said my feyther was a rogue an 'hanged him according, but my mother was a saint as went back to heaven, so if you must thank anybody, thank' er memory.

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

“It belonged to my feyther and grandfeyther,” said

The American Senator 2004

She had no sooner looked on Edward than she dropped the light, with a shrill scream of ‘O feyther, feyther!’

Waverley 2004

On'y look at 'un feyther; how the beast whines and waggles his stump o' tail!

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 Various

And then cam 'the feyther o't, sister and brither,

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Various

'Because ye are always best-tempered then, feyther,' was the reply.

Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings

"Can't a chap call on his feyther 'ithout the Midland counties turnin' out to look at him?"

Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray

Dinnot terrify us that gate, feyther! 'he cried in anguish.

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease