onfindan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *andifindan. Cognate with Old Saxon andfindan and Old High German intfindan. Equivalent to on- +‎ findan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onˈfin.dɑn/

Verb

onfindan

1. to find
2. to find out, discover
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Þā Seneca þā onfunde þæt hē dēad bēon sċolde, þā bēad hē ealle his ǣhte wiþ his fēore.

     When Seneca found out he was going to die, he offered all his possessions in exchange for his life.

3. to feel, experience

Conjugation

Conjugation of onfindan (strong class 3)

infinitive	onfindan	onfindenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	onfinde	onfand
second person singular	onfinst, onfintst	onfunde
third person singular	onfint	onfand
plural	onfindaþ	onfundon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	onfinde	onfunde
plural	onfinden	onfunden
imperative
singular	onfind
plural	onfindaþ
participle	present	past
	onfindende	onfunden

Derived terms

• onfundennes

Related terms

• āfandian

See also

• āþenċan

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “onfindan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.