Fœða

Viking Language Dictionary - fœða

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "fœða"

fœða
<-ddi, -ddr> vb (2) to feed; rear, bring up; fœða upp bring up; fœðask mid grow up, be brought up; be born; feed oneself, be fed; fœðask upp grow up, be brought up; fœðask við [e-t] to live on [sth]

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᚠᚢᚦᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᚠᚢᚦᛆ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
mid
middle voice
n
neuter
sth
something
vb
verb
w
with
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