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fandEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English fand, first- and third-person singular preterite of Old English findan (“to find”).
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DIRECTLY INSPECTEDmanuscript
Beowulf manuscript, foe’s footprint
fēond / fēond / late 10th or early 11th century
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, folio 180v — Electronic Beowulf facsimilewitness excerpt / OPEN RECORD ↗SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
Peder Paars line
fjende / fjende / Holberg corpus; three-syllable scansion
Holbergordbog — Fiendewitness excerpt / OPEN RECORD ↗06
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