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fadn

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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fadn

  1. (dialectal) past tense of finna
    • 1991, Leif Vatle, Torvtaking på Osterøy, page 79:
      Jaumen fadn eg da
      Golly! I found it!
    • 1958, Ludvig Munthe, Det unge Madagaskar, [Stavanger]: Misjonsselskapets forlag, page 41:
      Eg fadn berre bokjaa te deg!
      I just found the book for you!
    • 1647, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 38:
      A[a]rrin kurra punde Biørckie Roet / Fadn ein vesal Mack
      The blackgame cooed beneath birch roots / [and] found a small worm.