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fœða

fœða

See also: foeda and föda

Old Norse

Verb

fœða ‎(singular past indicative fœddi, plural past indicative fœddu, past participle fœddr)

  1. to feed, nourish, give food
  2. to rear, bring up
  3. to give birth to

Conjugation

Conjugation of fœða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fœðask
present participle fœðandisk
past participle fœðzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fœðumk fœddumk
2nd-person singular fœðisk fœddisk
3rd-person singular fœðisk fœddisk
1st-person plural fœðumsk fœddumsk
2nd-person plural fœðizk fœdduzk
3rd-person plural fœðask fœddusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fœðumk fœddumk
2nd-person singular fœðisk fœddisk
3rd-person singular fœðisk fœddisk
1st-person plural fœðimsk fœddimsk
2nd-person plural fœðizk fœddizk
3rd-person plural fœðisk fœddisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fœðsk
1st-person plural fœðumsk
2nd-person plural fœðizk

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *fōdô ‎(“food, nourishment”). Cognate with Old English fōda.

Noun

fœða f (genitive fœðu)

  1. (uncountable, in the singular) food

Declension

Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną ‎(“to feed, give birth”). Cognate with Old English fēdan, Old Frisian fēda, Old Saxon fōdian, Old High German fuotan, Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(fōdjan).

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