syððan ǣrest wearð
fēasceaft
funden (_discovered_), 7.
Beowulf
fēower-tȳne, num. , _fourteen_: nom. with following gen. pl. fēowertȳne
Gēata, 1642.
findan, st. v. , _to find, to invent, to attain_: a) with simple object in
acc. : inf. þāra þe hē cēnoste findan mihte, 207; swylce hīe at Finnes-hām
findan meahton sigla searo-gimma, 1157; similarly, 2871; mæg þǣr fela
frēonda findan, 1839; wolde guman findan, 2295; swā hyt weorðlīcost
fore-snotre men findan mihton, _so splendidly as only very wise men could
devise it_, 3164; pret. sg. healþegnas fand, 720; word ōðer fand, _found
other words_, i. e. went on to another narrative, 871; grimne gryrelīcne
grund-hyrde fond, 2137; þæt ic gōdne funde bēaga bryttan, 1487; pret. part.
syððan ǣrest wearð fēasceaft funden (_discovered_), 7. --b) with acc. and
pred. adj. : pret. sg. dryhten sīnne drīorigne fand, 2790. --c) with acc. and
inf. : pret. fand þā þǣr inne æðelinga gedriht swefan, 118; fand wæccendne
wer wīges bīdan, 1268; hord-wynne fond opene standan, 2271; oð þæt hē
fyrgen-bēamas . . . hleonian funde, 1416; pret. pl. fundon þā sāwullēasne
hlim-bed healdan, 3034.