A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Found, v.1 Also: fond(e, founde, fownd. [ME. found(e, fond(e, fund(e, early fundien, OE. fundian.] intr. To go, make one's way, travel. (Only in poetry).1375 Barb. x. 256.
The kyng … syne our all the land can found a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 867.
I cane fond to that flume That haly was c1420 Wynt. viii. 7082.
Hamwart sone than can he fownd c1450-2 Howlat 317.
Ernes … Quhilk in the firmament throu fors of thair flicht foundis c1475 Wall. xi. 640.
Wallace and he furth foundyt our the fold a1500 Doug. K. Hart 45.
Thir folk … For favour nor for feid wald found him fro 1535 Stewart 37151.
Quhen this wes done syne fordwart furth he fundis [: boundis] 1549 Compl. 63/16.
On fut by Fortht as I culd found a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxxvi. 19.
Quhair ever I found or I fayr In barrat to byd 1596 Dalr. I. 182/6.
Quiklie [he] spangs vp on a swofte horse, and founde[s] away at speidfig. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1044.
The flude of sorow sa ferslie in me foundis 1535 Stewart 57049.
Clarions cleir … Quhomeof the sound did found attouir the fell
