fundian

From Proto-West Germanic *fundōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfun.di.ɑn/

fundian

1. to set out, depart, direct one's course to
2. to hurry towards, be eager for
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Ne biþ him tō hearpan hyġe, ne tō hringþege, ne tō wīfe wyn, ne tō worulde hyht, ne ymbe ōwiht elles, nefne ymb ȳða ġewealc, ac ā hafað longunge sē þe on lagu fundað.

     His mind is not for a harp, nor for a gift of ring, nor for a wife’s mirth, nor for world’s hope, nor about anything else, unless about the rolling of waves, but he always has a longing, the one who rushes onto the sea.

3. to endeavour to, strive to attain, attempt, try

• fandian

• Middle English: fundien, founden, funden, fonden
  • English: found