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victuals, provisions
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  • God forgifð ús ðone hwílwend-lican fódan . . . se fóda nis ná úre med,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 466, 1-3
      • .

  • Se eorðlica líchama behðfað þæs fódan,

    • i. 252, 27.

  • Fódan

    uictus,

    • An. Ox. 3862
      • .

  • 'Hé beád ús nýtena fódan (cf. ðrý berene hláfas, 2), underfó hé gærs.' Basilius underféng þæt gærs ðus cweðende: 'Ðú ús sealdest nýtena andlyfene, ná ús tó fódan, ac tó hospe,

    • Hml. Th. i. 450, 4-8.

  • On binne ðǽr se oxa and se assa gewunelíce fódan sécað,

    • 42, 27
      • .

  • Gif hé næfð þone líchamlican fódan,

    • ii. 442, 26.

  • Þ se líchama hæbbe hlýwðe and fódan,

    • Hml. S. n, 358
      • .

  • Þ seó eorþe fódan

    (pastum)

    gecwémme ágeáfe,

    • Hy. S. 20, 3.

  • Man heom fódan geaf (hí man fǽdde, v.l.) of West-Seaxana ríce,

    • Chr. 994
      • ;
    • P. 128, 6
      • .
sustenance, support
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  • Æt him wæs gelang eall heora fóda; sé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde,

    • Hml. S. 23, 218
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  • Mid gestreónfullumn. bíleofena fódan

    sumptuosa pabulorum alimonia,

    • An. Ox, 1572
      • .

  • Ðæt cotlíf ligge intó ðáre munece fódan,

    • C. D. iv. 214, 8
      • .

  • Fódan

    stipendium.

    • An. Ox. 4636-
particular kind of food
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  • Of fódum

    de alimentis,

    • Scint. 53 13
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  • On fótum

    in alimentis,

    • R. Ben. I. 68, 15
      • .

  • Mínre wylne ic sylle fódan

    (alimenta),

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 101, 2
      • .
figurative
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  • Mid wordes fódan

    (pabulo)

    geþanc gereordian,

    • Scint. 53, I
      • .

  • Ðám hé forgifð ðone gástlican fódan,

    • Hml. Th. i. 184, 10.
food for a thing, material that increases or strengthens
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  • Fóda fýres holt, and fóda wambe mete micel

    incrementum ignis silua, et incremmlum uentris esca multa,

    • Scint. 56, 17
      • .

  • Tyrwena tendre and sprota fódan

    naptarum fomile sarmentorumque nutrimine,

    • An. Ox. 1652.

  • Tyrewan fódan

    resinae fomenlum, i. nutrimentum,

    • 4028.
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v. fýr-fóda.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fóda.” 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/45319.

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