v. Obs. Forms as in FEED. [f. A- pref. 1 intensive + FEED.] To feed, nourish.

1

c. 1000.  Ælfric, Gen. xxv. 27. Ða hiʓ afédde wæron.

2

c. 1175.  Cott. Hom., 227. He hi afedde … mid hefenlice hlafe.

3