fand

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see also: Fand

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Verb

fand (fands, present participle fanding; past and past participle fanded)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour.
2. (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove.
3. (obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice.

Verb

1. (dialectal) simple past tense of find.

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Fand

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Proper noun

1. (Irish mythology) A fairy and the wife of Manannán mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.

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