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Webster 1913 Edition


Fand

Fand

,
obs.
imp.
of
Find
.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fand

FAND

, old pret. of find. Obs.

Definition 2024


Fand

Fand

See also: fand

English

Proper noun

Fand

  1. A fairy and the wife of Manannan mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.

Anagrams

fand

fand

See also: Fand

English

Verb

fand (third-person singular simple present fands, present participle fanding, simple past and past participle fanded)

  1. (transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour; make a shift.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove.
  3. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old English fand, first and third-person singular preterite of Old English findan (to find).

Verb

fand

  1. simple past tense of find.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Homophone: Pfand (only according to a regional pronunciation of this word)

Verb

fand

  1. First-person singular preterite of finden.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of finden.

Old English

Verb

fand

  1. first-person singular preterite of findan
  2. third-person singular preterite of findan