fæða

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaiːða/ Rhymes: -aiːða === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse fœða (“to feed, to give birth”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate to Faroese føða, Swedish föda, Norwegian and Danish føde, English feed, Dutch voeden. ==== Verb ==== fæða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fæddi, supine fætt) to give birth to to feed, to nourish ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== fæðast fæddur === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse fœða (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate to Faroese føði, Swedish föda, Danish føde, English food. ==== Noun ==== fæða f (genitive singular fæðu, no plural) food Synonyms: fæði, matur ===== Declension =====