Fœða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - fœða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "fœða" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

fœða Old Icelandic word can mean:

fœða
I)
fœða
(-dda, -ddr), v.
fœða
1) to feed, give food to;
fœða
2) to rear, bring up (= ~ upp);
fœða
3) to give birth to (fœddi Bergljót sveinbarn);
fœða
4) refl., ~st, to feed, live on a thing (f. við e-t); to be born; to be brought up (= f. upp).
fœða
II)
fœða
f. food (= fœzla).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚦᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
f.
feminine.

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