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† ˈfindal Obs.
Forms: 1 fyndele, 3 find-, fundles, 6–7 pl. findelles, findal(l)s, fyndalls.
[OE. fyndele str. masc., f. fund- ablaut-stem of find-an to find; quot. a 1225 points to a form *findels, f. the pres.-stem (cf. Da. findelse).]
a. Invention.
b. That which is found; treasure-trove.
a1000Scintilla 108 Ad inventionem, to fyndele. a1225Ancr. R. 6 Þe vttre riwle..is monnes findles. Ibid. 8 Monnes fundles. 1525in Boys Sandwich (1792) 775 Findalls to be ordered by the mayor, bailiffs, and jurats, where they happen [etc.] 1570Ibid., Wrecks and fyndalls floating, and the half of all wrecks and fyndalls jottsome. a1598tr. Charter Edw. I to Cinque Ports in Hakluyt Voy. I. 117 And that they [Barons] shall haue their findelles in the sea and in the land. 1629in Boys Sandwich (1792) 775 Wrecks and findals. |