fand (third-person singular simple present fands, present participle fanding, simple past and past participle fanded)
(obsolete, transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour.
(obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To test; examine; make a trial of; prove.
(obsolete, transitive, UK dialectal) To put someone through a trial; test; tempt; entice.
fand
(dialectal) simple past tense of find.
• DAFN, NADF
Fand
(Irish mythology) A fairy and the wife of Manannán mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fand, obs.
Definition: imp. of Find. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
