Ge-findan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-findan

Add: (I) to come upon, meet with. I. : :-- Hée gefand (invenit) énne of efneðegnum, Mt. L. 18, 28. Hí inneádon hús gefundun (invenerunt) ðone cnæht, 2, (2) to find. v. findan; I. 2 :-- Wecg in múðe fisces gefunden (inventum), Mt. p. 18, 3. (3) to find on trial, v. findan ; I. 6 :-- Hit búta wæstm gefunden bið sine fructu efficitur, Mt. L. 13, 22. (4) to find by search :-- Gefundena rímas repertis numeris, Mt. p. 4, 7. (4 a) to recover what is hidden away or lost. v. findan; II. l a :-- Gif losað cásering . . . Mið ðý gefindes, Lk. L. 15, 9. Hí synd nú on díglon behýdde ꝥ hí nán man ne mæg náhwǽr gefindan, Hml. S. 23, 291. (5) to determine, provide, v. findan; II. 9 :-- Éác is gefunden . . . gielde þone wer bútan wíte, Ll. Th. i. 84, 12. Nú hæbbe ic gefunden mid þǽm witum . . . ꝥ þá ealle beón gearwe, 220, 4. ge-findan

Related words: findan;