feden

Galician edit

Verb edit

feden

third-person plural present indicative of feder

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

fedenn, fede, feede, ffede, fiede, veden

Etymology edit

From Old English fēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfeːdən/

Verb edit

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):
1. to feed (supply with nourishment)
2. to raise; to support young
3. 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 edit

Conjugation of feden (weak in -de)

infinitive	(to) feden, fede
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fede	fedde
2nd-person singular	fedest	feddest
3rd-person singular	fedeth, fet	fedde
subjunctive singular	fede	fedde
imperative singular	fede	—

plural¹	feden, fede	fedden, fedde
imperative plural	fedeth, fede	—

participles	fedynge, fedende	fed, yfed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants edit

English: feed
Scots: fede, feid

References edit

“feden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.