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Old English · verb

afindan

Normalised āfindan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ɑːˈfin.dɑn/
Syllables
ɑː · ˈfin · dɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
ascertaincomputefind outfinddiscover

Meaning

  1. to find

  2. to meet

  3. to find out, discover

    Hēo becōm tō þǣre stōwe and āfand þrēo rōde. Ān wæs þæs Hǣlendes, and þā ōðra þāra þēofa. Þā nysse hēo ġewiss hwelcu wǣre Cristes rōd.

    She came to the place and discovered three crosses. One was Jesus', and the others belonged to the thieves. But she didn't know for sure which cross was Christ's.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The Invention of the Holy Cross"

  4. to feel, experience

  5. to ascertain, compute

Conjugation

Conjugation of afindan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āfindeāfand
2nd singular āfinstāfintstāfunde
3rd singular āfintāfand
Plural āfindaþāfundon
Subjunctive
Singular āfindeāfunde
Plural āfindenāfunden
Non-finite forms of afindan
Form
Infinitive āfindan
Inflected infinitive āfindenne
Imperative singular āfind
Imperative plural āfindaþ
Present participle āfindende
Past participle āfunden

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀfinþan. Cognate with Old High German irfindan. Equivalent to ā- + findan.

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