Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (2)
1. to try, attempt; 2. to examine, test; 3. to find out, discover; 4. to explore, investigate; 5. to seek, search out (also fondian)
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *fandōn (← *fenþan “to find”); O Fris fandia, fondia; O Sax fandon; OHG fantōn (Mod G fahnden)]
Paradigm
4.2.2. - 2nd class weak verbs
The second class of the weak verbs is marked by the presence of the Prot-Germ suffix *-ō-, preserved in the Anglo-Saxon in the form of short vowel -o- of the past tense suffix: macode (made); lufode (loved), etc.
| II class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to look (at); to see | lócian, lóciȝan | lócode |
| to love | lufian | lufode |
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