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† aˈfind, v. Obs.
Forms as in find.
[f. a- prefix 1 out + find. Cogn. w. OHG. arfindan, mod.G. erfinden.]
To find out, discover.
c1000O.E. Gosp. John viii. 4 Þis wif wæs afundyn on unrihton hæmede. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 191 He auint mannes heorte emti of rihte bileue. 1205Layamon 15852 Þat þu scalt afinde a þisses daies ferste. Ibid. 30636 Al þat he auunde. c1250Moral Ode 56 Ȝiue his for godes luue, eft heo hit scullen a-finden. a1250Owl & Night. 527 At than harde me mai avinde Wo geth forth, wo lith bi-hinde. c1315Shoreham 49 Thet thys ordre hedde Jhesus, We habbeth wel afounde. c1430Octouian Imp. 1659 Tho the Sarsenes afounde Her lord was slayn. |