fœða

See also: foeda and föda

Old Norse

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

fœða (singular past indicative fœddi, plural past indicative fœddu, past participle fœddr)

  1. to feed, nourish, give food
  2. to rear, bring up
  3. to give birth to

Conjugation
Conjugation of fœða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive fœða
present participle fœðandi
past participle fœddr
indicative present past
1st-person singular fœði fœdda
2nd-person singular fœðir fœddir
3rd-person singular fœðir fœddi
1st-person plural fœðum fœddum
2nd-person plural fœðið fœdduð
3rd-person plural fœða fœddu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fœða fœdda
2nd-person singular fœðir fœddir
3rd-person singular fœði fœddi
1st-person plural fœðim fœddim
2nd-person plural fœðið fœddið
3rd-person plural fœði fœddi
imperative present
2nd-person singular fœð
1st-person plural fœðum
2nd-person plural fœðið
Conjugation of fœða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fœðask
present participle fœðandisk
past participle fœðzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fœðumk fœddumk
2nd-person singular fœðisk fœddisk
3rd-person singular fœðisk fœddisk
1st-person plural fœðumsk fœddumsk
2nd-person plural fœðizk fœdduzk
3rd-person plural fœðask fœddusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fœðumk fœddumk
2nd-person singular fœðisk fœddisk
3rd-person singular fœðisk fœddisk
1st-person plural fœðimsk fœddimsk
2nd-person plural fœðizk fœddizk
3rd-person plural fœðisk fœddisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fœðsk
1st-person plural fœðumsk
2nd-person plural fœðizk

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *fōdô (“food, nourishment”). Cognate with Old English fōda.

Noun

fœða f (genitive fœðu)

  1. (uncountable, in the singular) food

Declension
  Declension of fœða (weak ōn-stem, singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite definite
nominative fœða fœðan
accusative fœðu fœðuna
dative fœðu fœðunni
genitive fœðu fœðunnar

Descendants
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