fǿða

See also: foeda and föda

Old Norse

Alternative forms

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 fǿddi, plural past indicative fǿddu, past participle fǿddr)

  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 fǿða
present participle fǿðandi
past participle fǿddr
indicative present past
1st-person singular fǿði fǿdda
2nd-person singular fǿðir fǿddir
3rd-person singular fǿðir fǿddi
1st-person plural fǿðum fǿddum
2nd-person plural fǿðið fǿdduð
3rd-person plural fǿða fǿddu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fǿða fǿdda
2nd-person singular fǿðir fǿddir
3rd-person singular fǿði fǿddi
1st-person plural fǿðim fǿddim
2nd-person plural fǿðið fǿddið
3rd-person plural fǿði fǿddi
imperative present
2nd-person singular fǿð, fǿði
1st-person plural fǿðum
2nd-person plural fǿðið
Conjugation of fǿða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fǿðask
present participle fǿðandisk
past participle fǿðzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fǿðumk fǿddumk
2nd-person singular fǿðisk fǿddisk
3rd-person singular fǿðisk fǿddisk
1st-person plural fǿðumsk fǿddumsk
2nd-person plural fǿðizk fǿdduzk
3rd-person plural fǿðask fǿddusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fǿðumk fǿddumk
2nd-person singular fǿðisk fǿddisk
3rd-person singular fǿðisk fǿddisk
1st-person plural fǿðimsk fǿddimsk
2nd-person plural fǿðizk fǿddizk
3rd-person plural fǿðisk fǿddisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fǿðsk, fǿðisk
1st-person plural fǿðumsk
2nd-person plural fǿðizk
Descendants
  • Icelandic: fæða
  • Faroese: føða
  • Norwegian: føde
  • Old Swedish: fø̄þa
  • Old Danish: føthæ

Etymology 2

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

fǿða f (genitive fǿðu)

  1. (uncountable, in the singular) food
Declension
  Declension of fǿða (weak ōn-stem, singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite definite
nominative fǿða fǿðan
accusative fǿðu fǿðuna
dative fǿðu fǿðunni
genitive fǿðu fǿðunnar
Descendants
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