Old English · verb
findan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 3 Anglian
- IPA
- /ˈfin.dɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈfin · dɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- find
Meaning
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to find
Ġef ðē þurh trēowa findon þā ðe þē findon, sile mē þā trēowa. Ġȳt ġyf ðē þurh ōðerne creft hwilcne findan þā ðe þē findan, forġyf mē þone creft. Ġyf þē þurh wȳsdōm findon þā ðe þē findon, forġyf mē þonne wȳsdōm...
If it is by faith that they find Thee who do find Thee, give me that faith. If by any other power they find Thee who do find Thee, give me that power. If by wisdom they find Thee who find Thee, then give me wisdom.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies -
to meet
Conjugation
All forms (21)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).
Descendants
find
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