v. Obs. [OE. ʓefindan: see Y- 3 c and FIND v.] To find.

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c. 950.  Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. xviii. 28. Inuenit unum de conseruis suis,… ʓefand enne of efne-ðeʓnum.

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c. 1200.  Moral Ode, 243 (Trin. Coll. MS.). Hie secheð reste þar non nis ac hie hies ne muȝen ifinden.

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1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 5779. Vor he sende þe kinge word þat he ne miȝte namo vinde.

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1340.  Ayenb., 130. Þou gest in-to helle huer þou sselt yuinde ver and bernston.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VI. 405. Ethelwoldus … destroyede al þat he myȝte fynde [MS. γ yvynde] anon to Crekanforde.

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1412–20.  Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. 537. Famous Argus, þat … first þat art y-founde.

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