Fand Definition

verb

To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour; make a shift.

Wiktionary

(UK dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove.

Wiktionary

(UK dialectal) To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice.

Wiktionary

Simple past tense of find.

Wiktionary

Origin of Fand

  • From Middle English fanden, fandien, from Old English fandian (“to try, attempt, tempt, test, examine, explore, search out, seek to know, experience, visit”), from Proto-Germanic *fandōną (“to seek, inquire”), from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to come, go”). Cognate with North Frisian fanljien (“to visit”), Dutch dialectal vanden, German fahnden (“to search”). Related to find.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English, from Old English fand, first and third-person singular preterite of Old English findan (“to find”).

    From Wiktionary

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to fand using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

fand