pa. pple. Obs. [OE. ʓeféd, pa. pple. of fédan FEED v.] Fed.
a. 1100. Aldhelm Gloss., I. 3753 (Napier 100/1). Holusculis uesceretur,… ofætum wære ʓefed.
c. 1205. Lay., 13573. He us haueð wel iued.
a. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., xxxix. 110. Wher he were ythe mone boren ant y-fed.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VI. 251. Realliche i-cloþed and likyngliche i-fedde [MS. γ yved].
c. 1450. Crt. of Love, 975. In wofull hour I got was, welaway! In wofull hour fostred and y-fed.
1647. H. More, Song of Soul, II. Infin. Worlds, c. Where all take life,… And then renew’d with pleasure be yfed.
1728. Pope, Dunc., III. 188. On parchment scraps y-fed.
