Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (3)
1. to find, discover; 2. to obtain, acquire; 3. to experience, endure; 4. to invent, devise; 5. to determine (also fyndan)
Etymology
[Mod E FIND ← Prot-Germ *fenþan; Goth finþan; O Fris finda; O Sax findan, fīthan; Dt vinden; OHG findan (Mod G finden); Icel, Sw finna ← Indo-Europ *pent-, *pont-; cf Sanskr pánthā- “way; path; direction”; Avest раntā̊ “way; path”; Anc Gr πόντος „ზღვა“; πάτος “way; path”; Lat pōns, pontis “bridge”; O Prus pintis “way”; O Slav пѫть “way” (Russ путь)]
Paradigm
4.1.3. - III class
III class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
to tie, bind | bindan | band, bond | bundon | bunden |
to help, assist | helpan | healp | hulpon | holpen |
to cut; to cut down | ceorfan | cearf | curfon | corfen |
to fight, combat | feohtan | feaht | fuhton | fohten |
to pay; to repay | ȝieldan | ȝeald | ȝuldon | ȝolden |
to shake; to swing | breȝdan | bræȝd | bruȝdon | broȝden, breȝden |
to ask, inquire | friȝnan, frínan | fræȝn | fruȝnon, frúnon | fruȝnen, frúnen |
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