"findan sometimes has a
preterit
funde in W.
Beowulf
l. 1482. nime. Conditional clauses of doubt or future contingency take gif
or būton with subj. ; cf. ll. 452, 594; of fact or certainty, the ind. ; cf.
ll. 442, 447, 527, 662, etc. For būton, cf. ll. 967, 1561.
l. 1487.
"findan sometimes has a preterit funde in W. S. after the manner
of the weak preterits. "--Cook's Sievers' Cram. , p, 210.
l. 1490. Kl. reads wæl-sweord, = _battle-sword_.
l. 1507. "This cave under the sea seems to be another of those natural
phenomena of which the writer had personal knowledge (ll. 2135, 2277), and
which was introduced by him into the mythical tale to give it a local
color. There are many places of this kind. Their entrance is under the
lowest level of the tide. "--Br.
