fǿða

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See also: foeda and föda

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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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

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fǿða (singular past indicative fǿddi, plural past indicative fǿddu, past participle fǿddr)

  1. to feed, nourish, give food
  2. to rear, bring up
  3. to give birth to
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  • Icelandic: fæða
  • Faroese: føða
  • Norwegian: føde
  • Old Swedish: fø̄þa
  • Old Danish: føthæ

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from the verb (see above), perhaps via an intermediate Proto-Germanic *fōdijǭ (food, nourishment). Compare Middle English fede (food, feed), from Middle English feden (to feed).

Noun

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fǿða f (genitive fǿðu)

  1. (uncountable, in the singular) food
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