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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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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