fǿða
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editfǿða (singular past indicative fǿddi, plural past indicative fǿddu, past participle fǿddr)
Conjugation
editConjugation of fǿða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive | fǿða | |
---|---|---|
present participle | fǿðandi | |
past participle | fǿddr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | fǿði | fǿdda |
2nd-person singular | fǿðir | fǿddir |
3rd-person singular | fǿðir | fǿddi |
1st-person plural | fǿðum | fǿddum |
2nd-person plural | fǿðið | fǿdduð |
3rd-person plural | fǿða | fǿddu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | fǿða | fǿdda |
2nd-person singular | fǿðir | fǿddir |
3rd-person singular | fǿði | fǿddi |
1st-person plural | fǿðim | fǿddim |
2nd-person plural | fǿðið | fǿddið |
3rd-person plural | fǿði | fǿddi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | fǿð, fǿði | |
1st-person plural | fǿðum | |
2nd-person plural | fǿðið |
Conjugation of fǿða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive | fǿðask | |
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present participle | fǿðandisk | |
past participle | fǿðzk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | fǿðumk | fǿddumk |
2nd-person singular | fǿðisk | fǿddisk |
3rd-person singular | fǿðisk | fǿddisk |
1st-person plural | fǿðumsk | fǿddumsk |
2nd-person plural | fǿðizk | fǿdduzk |
3rd-person plural | fǿðask | fǿddusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | fǿðumk | fǿddumk |
2nd-person singular | fǿðisk | fǿddisk |
3rd-person singular | fǿðisk | fǿddisk |
1st-person plural | fǿðimsk | fǿddimsk |
2nd-person plural | fǿðizk | fǿddizk |
3rd-person plural | fǿðisk | fǿddisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | fǿðsk, fǿðisk | |
1st-person plural | fǿðumsk | |
2nd-person plural | fǿðizk |
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: fæða
- Faroese: føða
- Norwegian: føde
- Old Swedish: fø̄þa
- Swedish: föda
- Old Danish: føthæ
- Danish: føde
Etymology 2
editUltimately 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
editfǿða f (genitive fǿðu)
- (uncountable, in the singular) food
Declension
edit Declension of fǿða (weak ōn-stem, singular only)