Definitions For Fand

Etymology 1

From Middle English fanden, fandien, from {{inh, en, ang, fandian, , to try, attempt, tempt, test, examine, explore, search out, seek to know, experience, visit}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, fandōną, , to seek, inquire}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *pent-, , to come, go}}. Cognate with {{cog, frr, fanljien, , to visit}}, dialectal {{cog, nl, vanden}}, {{cog, de, fahnden, , to search}}. Related to find.

Verb

{{en-verb}} (obsolete, transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour. : (Edmund Spenser) (obsolete, transitive, UK, _, dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove. (obsolete, transitive, UK, _, dialectal) To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice.

Derived terms

fanding

Etymology 2

From {{inh, en, enm}}, from {{inh, en, ang, fand}}, first and third-person singular preterite of {{der, en, ang, findan, , to find}}.

Verb

{{q, dialectal}} Simple past tense of find.

Anagrams

DAFN, NADF