v. Now dial. [UNDER-1 8 a. Cf. Du. ondervinden.] trans. To perceive, understand.
c. 1200. Vices & Virtues, 99. Ȝif hie cumeð fram mannen, hie cann hwatliche underfinden, an hwos half he is icumen.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 3664. If mi fader þat es now blind Mai mi fallace oght vnderfind, I dred me sare, for benison He sal me giue his malison.
1320–30. Horn Ch., 623. Þe kniȝt toke a schaft in hand, & horn wele vnder-fand, Þat he couþe ride.
a. 1800. Pegge, Suppl. Grose, Underfind, to understand. Derb.
1877. N. W. Linc. Gloss., 263. He was here last neet, I underfind.
