英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ɑːˈfin.dɑn/

動詞

āfindan

1. to find
2. to meet
3. to find out, discover
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Invention of the Holy Cross"

     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.

4. to feel, experience
5. to ascertain, compute

使用する際の注意点

• Early Old English exclusively uses onfindan where āfindan is found in Late West Saxon, at least for senses 2 and 3.

Conjugation

派生した語

• Middle English: afinden

関連する語

• āfandian