Old English · noun
foda
Normalised fōda
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈfoː.dɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈfoː · dɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- food
Meaning
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food
Þā ġeseah hēo þæt cild licgan on binne, ðǣr sē oxa and sē assa ġewunelīce fōdan sēcað.
Then saw she the child lying in the bin, where the ox and the ass usually seek food.
c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fōdô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate with Old Norse fœða (Danish føde, Swedish föda, Icelandic fæða).
Descendants
food
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