fǿða

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === fꝍða, fœða — alternative spellings 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 fuoten, Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fōdjan). ==== Verb ==== fǿða (singular past indicative fǿddi, plural past indicative fǿddu, past participle fǿddr) to feed, nourish, give food to (+acc) to rear, bring up to give birth to ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: fæða Faroese: føða Norwegian Nynorsk: føda, fø Old Swedish: fø̄þa Swedish: föda Old Danish: føthæ Danish: føde Norwegian Bokmål: føde, fø === 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) (uncountable, in the singular) food ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: fæða f, fæði n Faroese: føði f Norwegian Nynorsk: føda, føde f Swedish: föda c Danish: føde c Norwegian Bokmål: føde m or f →? Middle English: fede, fed English: feed Scots: feed