Infinitive
feden; to feden; fede
Participles
| Present | fedynge; fedende |
| Past | fed; yfed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | fede |
| 2nd sing. | fedest |
| 3rd sing. | fedeth; fet |
| 1st plur. | feden; fede; fedeth |
| 2nd plur. | feden; fede; fedeth |
| 3rd plur. | feden; fede; fedeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | fedde |
| 2nd sing. | feddest |
| 3rd sing. | fedde |
| 1st plur. | fedden; fedde |
| 2nd plur. | fedden; fedde |
| 3rd plur. | fedden; fedde |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | fede |
| 2nd sing. | fede |
| 3rd sing. | fede |
Past
| 1st sing. | fedde |
| 2nd sing. | fedde |
| 3rd sing. | fedde |
Imperative
| Singular | fede |
| Plural | fedeth; fede |
Verbs conjugated like feden
feden,
Etymology
From Old English fēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*fōdijaną'.
Verbs referencing "feden"
English
feed.
Sample Sentences
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Me hungred. þou woldeſt not me fede. / Ne neu᷑ my furſt. ne woldeſtou ſlake ([When] I felt hungry, you wouldn't feed me. / Neither would you ever quench my thirst.) [c. 1390, “Merci passeþ. alle þinge.”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1), Worcestershire, folio 407, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:]
Cognates
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