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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Findar, Fyndar(e, n. [ME. fynder (c 1300), f. Find v.] A finder, discoverer, inventor.14.. Acts I. 327/2.
Gif a wathbest be fundyn in the forest, … the fyndar … aw that to public [etc.]
c1420 Wynt. ii. 27.
Zorastes, … The fyndare of nycromancy, Off wychecraft and sorcery
a1500 Bk. Chess 93.
The fyndar of this ches sport but faile Was a philosophour orientale
1506 Edinb. Chart. II. 190.
The sercheouris and fyndaris of the said escheit
1562 Treas. Acc. XI. 179.
[The] findaris of ane hurde in the commoun of Selkirk
1622-6 Bisset II. 213/28.
Ane pairt [belongs] to the findaris and drawaris furth thairof

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