Participles
| Present | āfindende |
| Past | āfunden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | āfinde |
| 2nd sing. | āfinst; āfintst |
| 3rd sing. | āfint |
| 1st plur. | āfindaþ |
| 2nd plur. | āfindaþ |
| 3rd plur. | āfindaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | āfand |
| 2nd sing. | āfunde |
| 3rd sing. | āfand |
| 1st plur. | āfundon |
| 2nd plur. | āfundon |
| 3rd plur. | āfundon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | āfinde |
| 2nd sing. | āfinde |
| 3rd sing. | āfinde |
| 1st plur. | āfinden |
| 2nd plur. | āfinden |
| 3rd plur. | āfinden |
Past
| 1st sing. | āfunde |
| 2nd sing. | āfunde |
| 3rd sing. | āfunde |
| 1st plur. | āfunden |
| 2nd plur. | āfunden |
| 3rd plur. | āfunden |
Imperative
| Singular | āfind |
| Plural | āfindaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'afindan'
afindan,
Verbs similar to 'afindan'
findan,
abidan,
afandian,
afedan,
asendan,
atendan,
awendan,
aþiedan,
befindan,
bindan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀfinþan. Cognate with Old High German irfindan. Equivalent to ā- + findan. See: Old High German 'irfindan'.
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Invention of the Holy Cross"
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Hēo becōm tō þǣre stōwe and āfand þrēo rōde. Ān wæs þæs Hǣlendes, and þā ōðra þāra þēofa. Þā nysse hēo ġewiss hwelcu wǣre Cristes rōd. (She came to the place and discovered three crosses. One was Jesus', and the others belonged to the thieves. But she didn't know for sure which cross was Christ's.)
Cognates
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