Old English · verb

fedan

Normalised fēdan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈfeː.dɑn/
Syllables: ˈfeː · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: feed

Meaning

to feed

Sē mec fēdde, sundhelm þeahte, ond mec ȳþa wrugon eorþan ġetenġe fēþelēase.

Sea fed me, water-helm covered, and waves hid me, near to the bottom, unable to walk.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77:

Conjugation

Conjugation of fedan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	fēde	fēdde
2nd singular	fēdest fētst	fēddest
3rd singular	fēdeþ fētt fēt	fēdde
Plural	fēdaþ	fēddon
Subjunctive
Singular	fēde	fēdde
Plural	fēden	fēdden

Non-finite forms of fedan
	Form
Infinitive	fēdan
Inflected infinitive	fēdenne
Imperative singular	fēd
Imperative plural	fēdaþ
Present participle	fēdende
Past participle	fēded ġefēded

All forms (18)

fēde
fēdde
fēdest
fētst
fēddest
fēdeþ
fētt
fēt
fēdaþ
fēddon
fēden
fēdden
fēdan
fēdenne
fēd
fēdende
fēded
ġefēded

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate with Old Saxon fōdian, Dutch voeden, Old High German fuoten, Old Norse fǿða (Danish føde, Swedish föda, Icelandic fæða), Gothic (fōdjan).

Descendants

feed

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