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fédan

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§5; §129; §240; §530; §643;
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of living creatures.
to give food to (lit. or fig.)
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  • Gif hié mon ongemang ðǽre ðreátunga fét mid sumere heringe,

    • Past. 303, 1
      • .

  • Wiþ feóndseócum men, þonne deófol þone monnan féde oððe hine innan gewealde mid ádle,

    • Lch. ii. 136, 25
      • .

  • His mæ-acute;gas hine féden, gif hé self mete næbbe. Gif hé mǽgas næbbe, féde cyninges geréfa hine,

    • Ll. Th. i. 60, 10-12
      • .

  • Ofætum wére féd

    holusculis vesceretur,

    • Hpt. Gl. 494, 50
      • .

  • Seó sául, gif heó ne bið mid Godes worde féded,

    • Bl. H. 57, 11, 10.
of feeding infants,
to suckle, nurse:
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  • Fæddæ hiǽ (Romulus and Remus) wylif in Rómæcæstri,

    • Txts. 127, 2
      • .

  • Þonne þá wíf heora bearn cendon, þonne féddon hié þá mǽdencild, and slógon þá hysecild

    editos mares mox enecant, feminas nutriunt,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • S. 46, 10
      • .

  • Gemeng ꝥ dúst wiþ wífes meoluc þe wǽpned féde,

    • Lch, ii. 338, 8
      • .

  • Unryht gewuna is árisen ꝥ wíf forhicgað heora bearn fédan

    (nutrire),

    and hí óþrum wífum tó fédanne

    (ad nutriendum)

    syllað,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • Sch. 80, 9-14
      • .
to put food into the mouth
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  • Bið féd of ungleáunesse

    (os stultorum) pascitur imperitia,

    • Kent. Gl. 519
      • .
to feed up, fatten
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  • Foede ł fuglas míne

    altilia,

    • Mt. R. 22, 4
      • .
to support, maintain
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  • Fédeþ

    fovet,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 12
      • .

  • Se Metod eallra gesceafta fét on eorþan ealle grówende westmas and ealle forþbrengþ

    alit ac profert quidquid vitam spirat in orbe,

    • Bt. 39, 13
      • ;
    • F. 234, 18
      • .
where the subject is a personification:
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  • Seó cyrice sceal fédan þá þe æt hire eardiaþ,

    • Bl. H. 41, 28.
to bring up the young, nurture, educate, foster
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  • Éstelíce fram cnihtháde fét

    delicate a pueritia nutrit,

    • Kent. Gl. 1076.

  • Hé (Micipsa) hiene (Jugurtha) on his geogoðe underféng, and hiene fédan hét and tyhtan mid his twám sunum

    Jugurtha, Micipsae adoptivus,

    • Ors. 5, 7
      • ;
    • S. 228, 8
      • .

  • Gyf þú wille fédan cyniges bearn, oððe ǽðeles monnes, geleód hine in þín hús, and féd hine,

    • Lch. iii. 178, 11
      • .

  • Þá seó módur onsende on Gallia ríce tó fédanne Dægbrehte þám cyninge

    quos mater misit in Galliam nutriendos regi Daegberecto,

    • Bd. 2, 20
      • ;
    • Sch. 187, 13
      • .

  • Ðá wæs ic (Bede) seald tó fédanne and tó lǽranne abbude Benedict

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    datus sum educandus abbati Benedicto,

    • 5, 23
      • ;
    • Sch. 694, 23
      • :
    • Ap. Th. 24, 25
      • .
to rearfowls:
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  • His módor gewunode tó fedenne henna,

    • Gr. D. 69, 25
      • .
of things,
to nourish, sustain.
of material things
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  • Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, and þeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann þonne hé gearo bið,

    • Hml. Th. i. 188, 5
      • .

  • Saga mé ðás iiii wæteru ðe ðás eorðan fédað,

    • Sal. K. p. 192, 4.

  • Wel fédende mettas

    very nutritious food,

    • Lch. ii. 224, 10
      • .
of immaterial things
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  • Seó oferfyll simle fét unþeáwas,

    • Bt. 31, 1
      • ;
    • F. 110, 27
      • .

  • Ǽlc oferfyl and ǽlc ýdel fét unhǽlo,

    • Prov. K. 60
      • .
to bring forth
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  • Ðá ðe ne foedað ł ne alað

    quae non parent,

    • Lk. L. 11, 44
      • .
intrans.
To graze
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  • Wæs worn berga michil foedende

    erat grex porcorum magnus pascens,

    • Mk. L. R. 5, 11
      • .

  • Sunor bergana foedendra,

    • Lk. L. 8, 32
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fédan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/44611.

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