þā se gist onfand þæt se beado-lēoma
bītan nolde, _the stranger_ (Bēowulf)
_perceived
that the sword would not
cut_, 1523; sōna þæt onfunde, þæt .
Beowulf
hleonian funde, 1416; pret. pl. fundon þā sāwullēasne
hlim-bed healdan, 3034.--d) with dependent clause: inf. nō þȳ ǣr
fēasceafte findan meahton æt þām æðelinge þæt hē Heardrēde hlāford wǣre
(_could by no means obtain it from the prince_), 2374.
on-findan, _to be sensible of, to perceive, to notice_: a) w. acc.: pret.
sg. landweard onfand eftsīð eorla, _the coast-guard observed the return of
the earls_, 1892; pret. part. þā hēo onfunden wæs (_was discovered_),
1294.--b) w. depend, clause: pret. sg.
þā se gist onfand þæt se beado-lēoma
bītan nolde, _the stranger_ (Bēowulf)
_perceived
that the sword would not
cut_, 1523; sōna þæt onfunde, þæt .
.., _immediately perceived that_...,
751; similarly, 810, 1498.
finger, st. m., _finger_: nom. pl. fingras, 761; acc. pl. fingras, 985;
dat. (instr.) pl.
