A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1596
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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 Legends of the Saints 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 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi. 640.
Wallace and he furth foundyt our the fold a1500 Doug. King 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 Complaynte of Scotland 63/16.
On fut by Fortht as I culd found a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS 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 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1044.
The flude of sorow sa ferslie in me foundis 1535 Stewart 57049.
Clarions cleir … Quhomeof the sound did found attouir the fell