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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English fanden, fandien, from Old English fandian (“to try, attempt, tempt, test, examine, explore, search out, seek to know, experience, visit”), from Proto-Germanic *fandōną (“to seek, inquire”), from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to come, go”). Cognate with North Frisian fanljien (“to visit”), dialectal Dutch vanden, German fahnden (“to search”). Related to find.
Verb
fand (third-person singular simple present fands, present participle fanding, simple past and past participle fanded)
- (obsolete, transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour.
- (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove.
- (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English , from Old English fand, first and third-person singular preterite of Old English findan (“to find”).
Verb
fand
- (dialectal) simple past of find.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Verb
fand
- first/third-person singular preterite of finden
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
fand
- first/third-person singular preterite of findan
Welsh
Noun
fand
- Soft mutation of band.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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