fand

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/fænd//ˈfænd/

proper noun

A fairy and the wife of Manannán mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.

OriginMiddle English [Term?] ← Old English fand →
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Meanings

fand1

verb
  1. dialectalpastsimple past of find.

    And lent her wary eare to understand If any puffe of breath or signe of sence shee fand

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Fand2

proper noun
  1. Irishhuman sciencesA fairy and the wife of Manannán mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Old Englishfindan“to find”
  2. Old Englishfand
  3. Middle English[Term?]
  4. Englishfand

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English fand, first- and third-person singular preterite of Old English findan (“to find”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fand

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APA

fand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fand

MLA

“fand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fand. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fand.

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