"fand" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fand.wav Forms: fands [present, singular, third-person], fanding [participle, present], fanded [participle, past], fanded [past]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fanden}} Middle English fanden, {{inh|en|ang|fandian||to try, attempt, tempt, test, examine, explore, search out, seek to know, experience, visit}} Old English fandian (“to try, attempt, tempt, test, examine, explore, search out, seek to know, experience, visit”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fandōną||to seek, inquire}} Proto-Germanic *fandōną (“to seek, inquire”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pent-||to come, go}} Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to come, go”), {{cog|frr|fanljien||to visit}} North Frisian fanljien (“to visit”), {{cog|nl|vanden}} Dutch vanden, {{cog|de|fahnden||to search}} German fahnden (“to search”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fand-en-verb-c6LvjR~a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 28 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 27 23 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 27 23 25
  2. (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fand-en-verb-du2S26bF Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 28 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 27 23 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 27 23 25
  3. (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-fand-en-verb-bjzSWr03 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 28 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 27 23 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 27 23 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fanding
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fand.wav
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English fand, first and third-person singular preterite of Old English findan (“to find”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm}} Middle English [Term?], {{inh|en|ang|fand}} Old English fand, {{der|en|ang|findan||to find}} Old English findan (“to find”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fand
  1. (dialectal) simple past of find. Tags: dialectal, form-of, past Form of: find
    Sense id: en-fand-en-verb-z~2Zoylt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 30 28 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 27 23 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 27 23 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "(dialectal) simple past of find."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "form-of",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fænd/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fand"
}

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