afedan

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- +‎ fēdan (“to feed”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈfeː.dɑn/

Verb

āfēdan

1. to rear, bring up
2. to feed, nourish

Conjugation

Conjugation of āfēdan (weak class 1)

infinitive	āfēdan	āfēdenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āfēde	āfēdde
second person singular	āfēdest, āfētst	āfēddest
third person singular	āfēdeþ, āfētt, āfēt	āfēdde
plural	āfēdaþ	āfēddon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āfēde	āfēdde
plural	āfēden	āfēdden
imperative
singular	āfēd
plural	āfēdaþ
participle	present	past
	āfēdende	āfēded

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “a-fédan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.