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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fede, Feid, v.1 Also: fed, feyd. P.t. fed. P.p. fed, fede, feid. [ME. feede, fede(n, OE. fédan.]

1. tr. To supply with food, to feed (a person or animal).(a) (a) a1400 Leg. S. xxviii. 67.
Scho … gefine wes to fostir & fede Wthouth the towne
Ib. xl. 1107.
He mycht nocht … bryng his handis til his face to fed hyme-self
1456 Hay I. 70/23.
To fede pore peceable personis
Ib. 225/24.
A man is haldin to fede his barnis
a1500 Henr. Orph. 168.
It [sc. the apple] … fled, as it refusit hym to fede
a1500 Bernardus 325.
Wakyn doggis ar profitabyl to fede
1583 Edinb. Test. XII. 102.
Feding in the byre tua auld cassin oxin
(b) 1375 Barb. vi. 489.
With his hand he vald hym feyd
a1400 Leg. S. xlix. 104.
Bred [to] by, … That he mycht al the menȝe feyd
c1475 Wall. xi. 200.
In that strang strenth the king gert men him [sc. the lion] feid
a1500 Bk. Chess. 435.
His … barnis to cleith and thaim to feid
Ib. 1758.
Ane wod will feid ane hunder olyphantis
1504 Treas. Acc. II. 462.
To Stobo … to ger feid caponis
1531 Ib. v. 439.
To Pate Striveling to feid the Kingis doggis
c1550 Rolland C. Venus Prol. 168.
Sum ar abasit to feid thair barnis and wyfis
c1568 Lauder Minor P. ii. 9.
Now euerie fat sow feidis ane vther
1658 Melrose R. Rec. I. 202.
John Lithgow daylie and nichtlie … hirds, feids, keipes and lawis his haill bestiall … upon thair ground
refl. c1450-2 Howlat 228.
The feldifer … that febilly him feidis
a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 83.
To feid hym of that fyne fude the freik wes full fane
Ib. 93.
Me think thow fedis thé vnfair
1567 G. Ball. 187.
Daintellie thay feid thame self
(b) a1400 Leg. S. ii. 732.
Law warnis … That ony chyld … Suld defowle the modir that hym fed
1456 Hay I. 211/6.
Quhen he … fed thame with hevinly fude
a1500 Seven S. 2660.
He fed the ravyn … quhillit couth fle
c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5940.
Quhen I wes hungry, ȝe me fed
(c) a1400 Leg. S. xvi. 797.
Vith warldis fud was scho nocht fede [:led]
Ib. xli. 294.
Thai to-giddir ware feid [: cled] Of a mylk
c1420 Wynt. v. 5234.
This haly man had a ram, That he had fed wp off a lame
1456 Hay II. 118/31.
Gif a man … be fed with hate and dry metis
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 237.
Peilet gled, baith fed and bred of bichis syd
1542 Reg. Cupar A. II. 193.
Of thai [swine] ane to be ilk ȝeire feid ane sufficient bair
1596 Dalr. I. 60/10.
Thair wingis ar clipit, and fed in the hous
1600-1610 Melvill 186.
I sould haiff fead tham also with the fynnest whait floure

b. In figurative contexts. c1460 Thewis Wysmen 64.
The word of God, quhilk saulys fedis
c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 219.
Cherising me fed wyth wordis fair
1533 Gau 92/10.
This breid fedis and starkis our saul
1567 G. Ball. 21.
We thank thé, God, … Quhilk feidis vs with thy sweit word
1572 Sat. P. xxxi. 198.
That castell strang, … that stude sa lang, Sic murther for to feid
1596 Dalr. I. 106/23.
Priestes, quha may … feid thame with the pure … lycht of the religione

c. To furnish with supplies of food. 1589 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 383.
Thatt all tha boulks and carcages of flesche be … nocht hurdet in houssis to hald up the derth and feyde the merket

2. intr. To partake of food; to eat. c1568 Lauder Minor P. iii. 101.
The gluttoun, quha fed delicius
1578 Glenartney MS. Docum.
The gers … quhair upon the deir … sould feid and pasture
1584 Edinb. Test. XIV. 171.
Na geir to gang nor feid thairin bot thair calfis
1587-99 Hume ii. 170.
Euerie … beast, that feids in forrests large
1610 Wemyss Corr. 59.
His complexioun aggreis nocht to feid vpoun fishe

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