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on-findan

  • verb [ strong ]
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on-findan, p. -fand, -funde.
Wright's OE grammar
§654;
to find out, discover, detect
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  • Ic anfinde

    deprehendo

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 32.

  • Gif mec onfindeþ wíga, ðǽr ic búge,

      Exon. Th. 396, 20; Rä. 16, 7.

  • Ic me sylf onfand ðæt . . .

    I discovered that . . . ,

      Blickl. Homl. 177, 6.

  • Ic hine onfand, and hine onbændan hét,

      Salm. Kmbl. 550; Sal. 274.

  • Ne ic culpan in ðé ǽfre onfunde,

      Exon. Th. 11, 30; Cri. 178.

  • Hú Boetius hí wolde berǽdan, and þeódríc ðæt anfunde,

      Bt. 1. tit.; Fox x. 2.

  • Onfundan

    deprenderint,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 33.

  • Gif hé wæccende weard onfunde búan on beorge,

      Beo. Th. 5675; B. 2841.

  • Gif hwylc brððor on lytlum gyltum byþ onfunden,

      R. Ben. 49, 2.
to find out from experience, become aware of, perceive, be sensible of
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  • Ic onfinde

    experiar,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 7.

  • Hé ðæt ðonne onfindeþ, ðonne se fǽr cymeþ

    he will find it out, when the peril comes,

      Exon. Th. 449, 18; Dóm. 73.

  • Ðá se gist onfand ðæt se beadoleóma bítan nolde,

      Beo. Th. 3049; B. 1522.

  • Landweard onfand (

    became aware of

    ) eftsíð eorla,
      3785; B. 1890.

  • Onfunde,

      1504; B. 750: 1622; B. 809.

  • Ðá hé ðá onfunde, ðæt hé deád beón sceolde,

      Bt. 29, 2: Fox 104, 20.

  • Onfunde

    comperit, i. intellexit, cognovit, invenit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 63.

  • Ǽr hine ða men onfunden ðe mid ðam cyninge wǽrun,

      Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 31.

  • On ðæs wífes gebǽrum onfundon ðæs cyninges þegnas ða unstilnesse,

      Erl. 50, 2.

  • Hú fela onfundun (

    were sensible of

    ), ða gefélan ne mágun, Dryhtnes þrowinga,
      Exon. Th. 72, 27; Cri. 1179.

  • Onfindaþ ðæt and ongeotaþ

    intelligite,

      Ps. Th. 93, 8.

  • Onfinden

    sapiant,

      Germ. 389, 16.

  • Onfinden

    experiamur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 42.

  • Onfindende

    expertur,

      31, 62.

  • Onfunden, ongeten

    expertus, cognitus, i. probatus, inventus,

      145, 47.

  • Heó onfunden wæs

    men were aware of her presence,

      Beo. Th. 2591; B. 1293.
to meet with, experience, suffer
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  • Hé weán oft onfond,

      Exon. Th. 377, 16; Deor. 4.
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v.  and-findan an-findan in-findan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-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/24540.

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