feden

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Galician

Verb

feden

  1. third-person plural present indicative of feder

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

feden (third-person singular simple present fedeth, present participle fedynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fedde, past participle fed)

  1. 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)
  2. to provide (someone) with a (positive) emotion
  3. to feed (consume nourishment)
  4. to fatten (to make fat)
  5. (rare) to supply (a fire)
  6. (rare) to mislead; to lead astray

Conjugation

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
imperative singular —
plural1 feden, fede fedden, fedde
imperative plural fedeth, fede —
participles fedynge, fedende fed, yfed

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

Descendants

  • English: feed
  • Scots: fede, feid

References

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