fand

See also: Fand

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fandōną (“to seek, inquire”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to come, go”). Cognate with North Frisian fanljien (“to visit”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch dialectal 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.

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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

• fanding

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English fand, first and third-person singular preterite of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English findan (“to find”).

Verb

fand

1. (dialectal) simple past of find.

Anagrams

• DAFN, NADF

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fant/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Homophone: Pfand

Verb

fand

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular preterite of finden.
2. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular preterite of finden.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑnd/

Verb

fand

1. first/third-person singular preterite of findan