fǿða

See also: foeda and föda

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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).

Verb

fǿða (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 fǿða — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	fœða
present participle	fœðandi
past participle	fœddr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fœði	fœdda
2nd-person singular	fœðir	fœddir
3rd-person singular	fœðir	fœddi
1st-person plural	fœðum	fœddum
2nd-person plural	fœðið	fœdduð
3rd-person plural	fœða	fœddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fœða	fœdda
2nd-person singular	fœðir	fœddir
3rd-person singular	fœði	fœddi
1st-person plural	fœðim	fœddim
2nd-person plural	fœðið	fœddið
3rd-person plural	fœði	fœddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	fœð, fœði
1st-person plural	fœðum
2nd-person plural	fœðið

Conjugation of fǿða — 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, fœðisk
1st-person plural	fœðumsk
2nd-person plural	fœðizk

Descendants

• Danish: føde
• Faroese: føða
• Icelandic: fæða

• Norwegian: føde
• Swedish: föda

Etymology 2

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

Noun

fǿða f (genitive fœðu)

1. (uncountable, in the singular) food

Declension

  Declension of fǿða (weak ōn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fœða	fœðan
accusative	fœðu	fœðuna
dative	fœðu	fœðunni
genitive	fœðu	fœðunnar

Descendants

• Danish: føde c
• Faroese: føði f

• Icelandic: fæða f
• Swedish: föda c