feden

== Galician == === Verb === feden third-person plural present indicative of feder == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fede, fedyn, feede, ffede feid, feyd, feyde (Northern); feode, vede (Southern) fiede (Gower); fedenn (Ormulum) === Etymology === From Old English fēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfeːdən/ === Verb === feden (third-person singular simple present fedeth, present participle fedynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fedde, past participle fed) to provide for; to maintain (oneself or others): to feed (supply with nourishment) to raise; to support young to satisfy or comfort (spiritually, emotionally) to provide (someone) with a (positive) emotion to feed (consume nourishment) to fatten (to make fat) (rare) to supply (a fire) (rare) to mislead; to lead astray ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: feed Middle Scots: fede, feid Scots: feed ==== References ==== “feden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.