"feden" meaning in Middle English

See feden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfeːdən/
Etymology: From Old English fēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fēdan}} Old English fēdan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*fōdijan}} Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fōdijaną}} Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*peh₂-||to guard, graze, feed}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} feden, {{enm-verb|fedeth|fedynge|fedde|fed}} feden (third-person singular simple present fedeth, present participle fedynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fedde, past participle fed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|fed|3s2=fet|c=de}} Forms: fedeth [present, singular, third-person], fedynge [participle, present], fedde [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], fed [participle, past], weak [table-tags], feden [infinitive], to feden [infinitive], fede [infinitive], fede [first-person, present, singular], fedde [first-person, past, singular], fedest [present, second-person, singular], feddest [past, second-person, singular], fedeth [present, singular, third-person], fet [present, singular, third-person], fedde [past, singular, third-person], fede [present, singular, subjunctive], fedde [past, singular, subjunctive], fede [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], feden [plural, present], fede [plural, present], fedden [past, plural], fedde [past, plural], fedeth [imperative, plural, present], fede [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fedynge [participle, present], fedende [participle, present], fed [participle, past], yfed [participle, past]
  1. to provide for; to maintain (oneself or others):
    to feed (supply with nourishment)
    Categories (topical): Food and drink
    Sense id: en-feden-enm-verb-ZQ3bcGy- Disambiguation of Food and drink: 48 0 0 0 52 0 0 0
  2. to provide for; to maintain (oneself or others):
    to raise; to support young
    Sense id: en-feden-enm-verb-K4tsF9dc
  3. to provide for; to maintain (oneself or others):
    to satisfy or comfort (spiritually, emotionally)
    Sense id: en-feden-enm-verb-gKxJ8yzM
  4. to provide (someone) with a (positive) emotion Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-feden-enm-verb-JRCowRdB Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 1 26 50 1 0 2 18
  5. to feed (consume nourishment) Categories (topical): Food and drink
    Sense id: en-feden-enm-verb-r6zgFMgx Disambiguation of Food and drink: 48 0 0 0 52 0 0 0
  6. to fatten (to make fat)
    Sense id: en-feden-enm-verb-G62GA-ub
  7. (rare) to supply (a fire) Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-feden-enm-verb-L5UTf4Zc
  8. (rare) to mislead; to lead astray Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-feden-enm-verb-QAKu~Vec
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: fedenn, fede, feede, ffede, fiede, veden
Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "feden",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fedeth",
        "2": "fedynge",
        "3": "fedde",
        "4": "fed"
      },
      "expansion": "feden (third-person singular simple present fedeth, present participle fedynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fedde, past participle fed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fed",
        "3s2": "fet",
        "c": "de"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to provide for; to maintain (oneself or others):",
        "to feed (supply with nourishment)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "feed",
          "feed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to provide for; to maintain (oneself or others):",
        "to raise; to support young"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to provide for; to maintain (oneself or others):",
        "to satisfy or comfort (spiritually, emotionally)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "satisfy",
          "satisfy"
        ],
        [
          "comfort",
          "comfort"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to provide (someone) with a (positive) emotion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to feed (consume nourishment)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feed",
          "feed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fatten (to make fat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fatten",
          "fatten"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to supply (a fire)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) to supply (a fire)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mislead; to lead astray"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mislead",
          "mislead"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "astray",
          "astray"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) to mislead; to lead astray"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfeːdən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fedenn"
    },
    {
      "word": "fede"
    },
    {
      "word": "feede"
    },
    {
      "word": "ffede"
    },
    {
      "word": "fiede"
    },
    {
      "word": "veden"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feden"
}

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