241. _Founde_, seek after; A. S. _fundian_. For _founde_, all the MSS. have
_be founde_, but the _be_ is merely copied in from _be more_ in l. 240. If
we retain _be_, then _befounde_ must be a compound verb, with the same
sense as before; but there is no known example of this verb, though the
related strong verb _befinden_ is not uncommon. But see l. 47 above. With
l. 242 cf. Rom. Rose, 966 (p. 134).