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FINDAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
FINDAN, to findanne; ic finde, ðú findest, findst, fintst, finst, he findeþ, fint, pl. findaþ; p. fand, fond, funde, pl. fundon; pp. funden; v. trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§59; §96; §111; §239; §295; §300; §488; §498;
To FIND, invent, imagine, devise, contrive, order, dispose, arrange, determine; invĕnīre, dispōnĕre, consŭlĕre
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  • Híg ne mihton náne findan

    non invēnērunt,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 60: Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 39.

  • Ne mihte earmsceapen áre findan

    nor might the poor wretch find pity,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2260
      • ;
    • An. 1131: 1960
      • ;
    • An. 982.

  • To findanne

    to find,

    • Ps. Th. 76, 16.

  • Ic hine finde ferþ staðelian

    I find him strengthening his spirit,

    • Exon. 7ia
      • ;
    • Th. 264, 14
      • ;
    • Jul. 364: 67a
      • ;
    • Th. 247, 20
      • ;
    • Jul. 81.

  • Ðǽr ðú wraðe findest

    there thou shall find help,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 168
      • ;
    • El. 84: Andr. Kmbl. 2698
      • ;
    • An. 1351.

  • Findst ðú ðǽr fíf mǽgþa

    thou findest there five generations,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 22, 19, 20.

  • Finst ðú

    thou findest,

    • Bt. 18, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 66, 11.

  • Se ðe forstolen flǽsc findeþ

    he who finds stolen flesh,

    • L. In. 17
      • ;
    • Th. i. 114, 2.

  • Nimþ eall ðæt hió fint

    she will seize all she finds,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 68
      • ;
    • Met. 13, 34.

  • Ðǽr hí fulle dagas findaþ sóna

    dies plēni invĕnientur in eis,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 8: 64, 10.

  • Se cyning to nytnysse fand his leódum

    rex ūtĭlĭtāli suæ gentis consŭluit,

    • Bd. 2, 16
      • ;
    • S. 520, 3.

  • Heó nó reste fand

    she found no rest,

    • Cd. 72
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 1456: 94
      • ;
    • Th. 123, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 2040.

  • Ic grundhyrde fond

    I found the ground-keeper,

    • Beo. Th. 4279
      • ;
    • B. 2136: Exon. 49b
      • ;
    • Th. 171, 2
      • ;
    • Gú. 1120.

  • Ic funde

    I found,

    • Beo. Th. 2977
      • ;
    • B. 1486: Gen. 12, 20.

  • Ðú fundest

    thou foundest,

    • Ps. Th. 16, 3.

  • Swá we ǽr fundon

    as we before determined,

    • L. Alf. pol. 18
      • ;
    • Th. i. 72, 10.

  • Wolde ic ðæt ðú funde ða

    I would that thou wouldst find them,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2157
      • ;
    • El. 1080: Cd. 72
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 1444.

  • Se cyng hæfde funden, ðæt. . .

    the king had contrived, that . . ,

    • Chr. 918
      • ;
    • Erl. 104, 3.
Etymology
[
Piers P. fynden
:
Laym. finde, finden, ifinde, uinde, uinden
:
Orm. findenn
:
Plat. finnen
:
O. Sax. findan
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Frs. fynnen
:
O. Frs. finna
:
Dut. vinden
:
Ger. finden
:
M. H. Ger. vinden
:
O. H. Ger. findan
:
Goth. finþan
:
Dan. finde
:
Swed. finna
:
Icel. finna
.]
Derived forms
a-findan, an-, ge-, ofer-, on-, to-
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FINDAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10717.

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