a-fīndan

a-fīndan, str.v: to find, detect, feel, experience. (ah-FEEN-dahn / a-ˈfiːn-dan)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a haloed woman pointing to a cross that extends from a pile of earth.
St Helena’s discovery of the True Cross; Jean Beleth’s Vie des Saints; France (Paris), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 17275, f. 290v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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