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§59; §96; §111; §239; §295; §300; §488; §498;
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to come upon by chance or in the course of events.
to come across, meet with a person or thing
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  • Ðú findst (fintst, v. l.) wið hwone ðú meant flítan

    contra quos valeatis vos extendere, semper invenitis,

    • Past. 331, 5
      • .

  • Ic gehátan dearr þæt þú þǽr treówe findest,

    • Bo. II
      • .

  • Ne þǽr mon his feónd findeð,

    • Bl. H. 105, 1
      • .

  • Ic gódne funde beága bryttan,

    • B. 1486
      • .

  • Iudas funde, þá ðá hé fram fyrde gecyrde, gold and seolfor and fela óðre herereáf,

    • Hml. S. 25, 358
      • .

  • Líg eall fornam þæt hé grénes fond,

    • Gen. 2549
      • .

  • Nó wé oferhygdu ánes monnes máran fundon,

    • GD. 241
      • .

  • Þá fundon hié óþre flocráde,

    • Chr. 917
      • ;
    • P. 98, 4
      • .

  • Námon hí menn, and swá hwæt swá hí findan mihtan,

    • Chr. 1046
      • ;
    • P. 166, 16
      • .

  • Ðá dysegan menn náne lustbǽrnesse nabbað ðá sóþan gesǽlþa tó sécanne, ac wénaþ ꝥ hí mægon hí on þissum ðeádlicum ðingum findan,

    • Bt. 32, 3
      • ;
    • F. 118, 25
      • .

  • Bán bið funden on heortes heortan,

    • Lch. i. 338, 5
      • .

  • Gestreón swilc þǽr funden wæs,

    • Dan. 66
      • .

  • Ic eom wíde funden,

    • Ra. 28, l
      • .

  • Gif mid him cwicum sié funden ꝥ hé ǽr stæl.

    • Ll. Th. i. 50, 22
      • .
with a complement to the object
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  • Hý æt hám findað witode him wiste,

    • Ra. 44, 8
      • .

  • Hé dryhten sínne driórigne fand ealdres æt ende,

    • B. 2789
      • .

  • Fleág fugla cyn þǽr hý feorhnere witude fundon,

    • Gs. 890.
to find in records:
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  • Werþeóde on gewritum findað dóma gehwilcne,

      Exod. 519.
where the record is the memory:
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  • Findan on ferhðe,

    • An. 1487
      • :
    • El. 641
      • :
    • 632
      • .
to find (and carry off) something hidden or hitherto unnoticed
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  • Swelce hwá nú delfe eorþan and finde goldhord . . . Gif nán mon ǽr ꝥ gold þǽr ne hýdde, þonne ne funde hé hit nó; forðý hit næs ná weás funden,

    • Bt. 40, 6
      • ;
    • F. 242, 5-9
      • .

  • Seó bóc on þǽre ciricean funden wæs,

    • Bl. H. 197, 26
      • .

  • Syððan hé ǽrest wearð feásceaft funden,

    • B. 7
      • .

  • Tó fundenes cildes fóstre,

    • Ll.Th. i- 118, 18
      • .
to obtain, find favour, credit, &c.
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  • Hió þǽr helpe findað, godcunde gife,

    • El. 1032
      • .

  • Ic fultum fand

    venit auxilium mihi,

    • Ps. Th. 120
      • ,

  • Wǽre hié þǽr fundon,

    • Exod. 387.

  • Hí æt þám bisceope bóte fundon,

    • El. 1217.

  • Þ heó funde and ábǽde æt þæs Scyppendes mildheortnesse, ꝥ heó fram swá miclum cwylmnessum onlýsed beón móste

    ut apud misericordiam conditoris inpetraret, se a tantis cruciatibus absolui,

    • Bd. 4, 9
      • ;
    • Sch. 396, 8
      • .
to meet with, experience, be exposed to, find difficulty, &c.
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  • Þǽr þú gúðe findest,

    • An. 1351
      • .

  • Hé þǽr náht ne funde þæs þe him þe bet wǽre

    he met with no success,

    • Chr. 1072
      • ;
    • P. 208, 15
      • .

  • Míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde,

    • Dan. 140
      • .

  • Se folctoga findan sceolde earfoðsíðas,

    • 656.
to find, discover on inspection or consideration
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  • Ic andette ꝥ ic hæbbe funden duru þǽr ðǽr ic ǽr geseah áne lytle cynan,

    • Bt. 35, 3
      • ;
    • F. 158, 27
      • .
with complement to the object or infin.
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  • Sume ic funde bítan Godes tácne, þá ic slóg,

    • Jul. 490
      • .

  • Ic on bócum fand cýðan be þám sigebeácne,

    • El. 1255
      • .

  • Hé in þæt búrgeteld néðde, funde on bedde blácne licgan his goldgifan,

    • Jud. 278
      • :
    • 6. 118
      • :
    • 2270
      • .

  • Hí eódon wundur sceáwian, fundon on sande sáwulleásne hlinbed healdan þone þe him hringas geaf,

    • 3033.

  • Carcernes duru hí opene fundon,

    • An. 1078
      • .
to find by trial or experience, find an object (to be) so and so
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  • Hine nǽnig man yrne ne funde,

    • Bl. H. 223, 34
      • .

  • Sé fand wæccendne wer wíges bídan,

    • B. 1267
      • .

  • Symle hý Gúðlác gearone fundon,

    • Gú. 885
      • :
    • 861
      • .

  • Þæt hé Ús gearwe finde,

    • Bl. H. 83, l
      • .

  • Ic wundrige hwí wíse men swá swíþe swuncen mid þǽre sprǽce, and swa litel gewis funden

    • Bt. 41, 4
      • ;
    • F. 250, 20
      • .

  • NÓ hí findan meahton æt þám æðelinge, þæt hé þone cynedóm ciósan wolde,

    • B. 2373
      • .

  • Eádiglicre funden,

    • Seel. 132
      • .

  • Wace beóð ðá hirdas funden þe nellað þá heorda . , . bewerian,

    • Wlfst. 191, 7
      • .
with the idea of search or effort.
to discover or obtain by searching
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  • For þí ne fint ǽlc mon ꝥ hé sécþ, for ðý hé hit on riht ne sécþ. Gé sécaþ þǽr gé findan ne magan,

    • Bt. 33, 2
      • ;
    • F. 122, 29
      • .

  • Heó wyrte séceð, á heó þá findeð,

    • Rä. 35, 6
      • :
    • 85, 26.

  • Gé gold on treówum ne sécaþ, ne finde gé hit nó,

    • Bt. 32, 3
      • ;
    • F. 118, 9
      • .

  • Se forma gítsere þe ǽrest þá eorþan ongan delfan. æfter golde and þá frécnan deórwurþnessa funde,

    • Bt. 15
      • ;
    • F. 48, 24
      • .

  • Wíc sceáwian oð þæt hié eorðscræf fundon,

    • Gen. 2595
      • .

  • Eágan míne georne sceáwedun, hwǽr ic treówe funde,

    • Ps. Th. 100, 6
      • .

  • Wígan ǽghwilcne þe hé on þám fyrste findan mihte,

    • Exod. 189
      • :
    • Sal. 8
      • .

  • Hordweard sóhte æfter grunde, wolde guman findan,

    • B. 2294
      • .

  • Gif wé fundne weorðen,

    • Jul. 335.
to recoversomething hidden away or lost:
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  • Swá hwá swá ungemyndig sié rihtwísnesse, gecerre hine tó his gemynde, ðonne fint hé ðǽr þá ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid þæs líchoman hæfignesse,

    • Bt. 35, i
      • ;
    • F. 156
      • ,

  • Hé hine hét sleán and deópe bedelfan. Hine man funde eft, and ferede hine tó Winceslre

    • Chr. 1050
      • ;
    • P. 170, 4
      • .

  • Sume þá goldhord hí on eorþan áhýddon þæt hié nǽnig mon siþþan findan ne meahte,

    • 418
      • ;
    • P. 10, 19
      • .

  • Mín wísdóm mé forlét... Ðín ðeów hæfð nú funden his wí sdóm,

    • Past. 273, 15
      • ,
to succeed in obtaining something needed or desired, procure
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  • Syle mé ðínne wineard, and ic þé óðerne finde,

    • Hml. S. 18, 174
      • .

  • Þá funde se arcedeácon æt þám cnihte ꝥ hé þone geǽttredan drync him tó bær,

    • Gr. D. 186, 21
      • .

  • He funde fíf mǽdena him tó . . . tó wunigenne mid him,

    • Hml. S. 35, 51
      • .

  • Se ord bí gde upp tó þám hiltum . . . Him gewearð ꝥ man funde níwe swurd and níwne slagan þǽrtó,

    • 12, 233
      • .

  • Hí fundon leáse gewitan þe forlugon Naboð,

    • 18, 196
      • .

  • He biddende wæs þ æt hé móste wið Scipian sprecan, and wilniende wæs ꝥ hé frið betwux þǽm folcum findan sceolde,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 202, II
      • .

  • Wið swylcan sceatte swylce hé hit þá findæ mihte,

    • C. D. B. i. 544, 5.
in law phrases,
to find surety, &c.:
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  • Finde hé borh,

    • Ll. Th. i. 390, 19
      • :
    • 332, 20
      • .

  • Finde hé wærborh borh,

    • 250, 18
      • .

  • Finde hé him borh,

    • 268, 16
      • .

  • Hé þæs borh finde,

    • 168, 7
      • .

  • Hé him borh finde ꝥ hé swilces geswíce,

    • 346, 13
      • .

  • Finde him ǽle man ꝥ hé borh hæbbe,

    • 268, 7
      • .

  • Ǽle preóst finde him . xii. festermen,

    • ii. 290, 15.

  • Seó mǽgþ þám hláfordleásan men hláford finden,

    • i. 200, 8.

  • ꝥ hé þone áð funde þe sé gelýfan mihte,

    • 158, 17.
to find resolution, courage, heart to do something, to bring oneself to do something:
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  • [pæt hé] in hige funde tó gesecganne hwæt se beám bude,

    • Dan. 543.

  • Ic ne mæg findan æt mé seolfum ꝥ ic hine ǽfre geseó,

    • Ors. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 244, I
      • .

  • Ne meahte hé æt his hige findan þæt hé Gode wolde þeówian

    • Gen. 266
      • .

  • Hé uneáðe mihte on his móde findan ꝥ hé swá leófne freónd fram him lǽtan sceolde,

    • Hml. S. 6, 225
      • :
    • 31, 394
      • .
to visit, reach a place
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  • Hí flugon forhtigende, woldon hámas findan,

    • Exod. 453
      • .

  • Sceal se gást cuman symble ymbe seofon niht findan þone líchoman,

    • Seel. 10
      • .
to ascertain, attain by menial effort, discover by study, find an excuse, a remedy, &c.
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  • part gé blindnesse bóte fundon,

    • Gú. 600
      • .

  • Þonne se lǽce ꝥ ongit, þonne mæg hé þone lǽcedóm þe raþor findan,

    • Lch. ii. 204, 22.

  • þú sécest beládunge, hú þú mage þ findan þ þú ne þurfe mé týðian þæs þe þú gebeden eart,

    • Gr. D. 28, 8.

  • þæt hé andsware ǽnige ne cunne findan on ferhð,

    • Met. 22, 52
      • ;
    • Cri. 184
      • .
to come to the knowledge of a fact, learn
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  • He fand þurh lársmiðas hwǽr áhangen wæs rodora waldend,

    • El. 202
      • .
to ascertain by calculation
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  • Swá hit úðwitan fundan,

    • Men. 166
      • .

  • Sceal wintrum fród on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas,

    • 67.

  • Nú gé findan magon háligra tíd,

    • 228.
to devise a plan, arrange, settle
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  • Gestihtade hé and funde ꝥ hé wolde landfyrde þider gelǽdan and eft on scypláde ham hweorfan

    terrestri itinere illo uenire, sed nauigio redire disponebat,

    • Bd. 3, 15
      • ;
    • Sch. 262, I
      • .

  • Se biscop funde him to rǽde þ hí mid fæstene swutelunge bǽdon

    • Hml. Th. i. 502, 24.

  • Fand,

    • Bl. H. 199, 30
      • :
    • 201, 25
      • .

  • Funde hé swíðe yfel geðeaht

    consilium praebuii,

    • Past. 423, 15
      • .

  • Þysne cræft funde Camillis,

    • Ors. 2, 8
      • ;
    • S. 92, 2
      • .

  • Hié ꝥ tó rǽde fundon ꝥ hié ciricean árǽrdon,

    • Bl. H. 205, 13
      • .

  • Tó rihtan gafole oððe tó óðran forewyrdan, swá hit man findan mage wið þone arcebisceop,

    • Cht. Th. 355, 26
      • .

  • Hú hé sárlícast meahte feorhcwale findan,

    • Jul. 573
      • :
    • B. 3163
      • .

  • Nǽron nó swá endebyrdlíce hiora stede and hiora ryne funden,

    • Bt. 35, 2
      • ;
    • F. 158, 3
      • .
to compose poetry
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  • Ic þysne sang fand, Ap. i. Ic sceal nú mid ungerádum wordum gesettan, þeáh ic hwílum gecóplíce funde

    carmina quondam studio florente peregi,

    • Bt. 2
      • ;
    • F. 4, 8
      • .
to determine, provide as a regulation
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  • Hié fundon þæt Antigones him sceolde mid firde ongeán cuman,

    • Ors. 3, ll
      • ;
    • S. 146, 15
      • :
    • 148, 7
      • .

  • Fundon Rðmáne þæt hié scipa worhton

    Romani classem fabricari praeceperunt,

    • 4, 6
      • ;
    • S. 172, l
      • .

  • Ðǽr þá eádigan fundon þás dómas,

    • Ll. Th. i. 36, 12.

  • Swá witan tó rihte finden,

    • 50, 2
      • .

  • Gif hít bið ðus funden,

    • 440, 17
      • :
    • 220, 4
      • .

  • Beón þá herigeata swá fundene,

    • 414, 4 note.
to supply, provide, furnish:
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  • Gif mínra geréfena hwylc þis dón nylle, . . . ic finde óðerne þe wile,

    • Ll. Th. i. 214, l.

  • Him þæt sððcyning sylfa findeð

    Dens providebit sibi victimam,

    • Gen. 2894
      • .

  • Farao him funde ládmen,

    • Gen. 12, 20
      • :
    • Prud. l b
      • :
    • Hml. S. 29, 143
      • .

  • Fundon,

    • Nic. 9, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 88
      • .

  • Find me nú æftergencgan,

    • Hml. S. 7, 372
      • .

  • Þæt man finde of þám yrfe healfes pundes wyrþne sáulsceat,

    • Cht. Th. 534, 12
      • .

  • Þæt hí findon betweox him twá scencingcuppan intó beódern,

    • 536, 6
      • .

  • Þ hé him bysceop funde and sealde

    episcopum dari,

    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • Sch. 348, 20
      • .

  • Þ man funde ǽnne man.

    • Ll. Th. i. 232, 13.

  • Ðætte hió him funden londáre,

    • C. D. i. 222, 30
      • .

  • Wé him sculon mete findan þá hwíle þe hý mid ús beoð,

    • Ll. Th. i. 284, 16.

  • Se scírgeréfa . . . lét him findan mete and fóddor æt ǽlcan castelle þǽr hí tó cómon,

    • Chr. 1075
      • ;
    • P. 210, 24
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/44982.

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