fand

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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)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour.
  2. (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove.
  3. (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

  1. (dialectal) simple past of find.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Verb

fand

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of finden

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

fand

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of findan

Welsh

Noun

fand

  1. Soft mutation of band.

Mutation

Mutated forms of band
radical soft nasal aspirate
band fand mand unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.