fǿða

See also: foeda and föda

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• fœða — alternative spelling
• fæða — Iceland only

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
  • Swedish: föda
• Old Danish: føthæ
  • Danish: føde

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

• Icelandic: fæða f, fæði n
• Faroese: føði f
• Norwegian: føde f
• Swedish: föda c
• Danish: føde c
• →? Middle English: fede, fed
  • English: feed
  • Scots: feed