cunnian
- verb [ weak ]
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Woldon cunnian , hwæðer. . .
they would prove, whether. . . ,
- Andr. Kmbl. 257 ;
- An. 129 .
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Mót ic nú cunnian
may I now inquire?
- Bt. 5, 3 ;
- Fox 10, 34 .
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Uncúþne eard cunnian
to seek for an unknown home,
- Exon. 28b ;
- Th. 87, 1 ;
- Cri. 1418: Beo. Th. 2893 ;
- B. 1444 .
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Se cunnaþ Dryhtnes meahta
he tempteth the Lord's might,
- Salm. Kmbl. 454 ;
- Sal. 227 .
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He ðín cunnode
he has proved thee,
- Cd. 163 ;
- Th. 204, 16 ;
- Exod. 420: Bd. 3, 2 ;
- S. 525, 15 .
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Gódes and yfles ðǽr ic cunnade
there I had experience of good and evil,
- Exon. 85b ;
- Th. 321, 26 ;
- Wíd. 52 .
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Gif wada cunnedon
ye made a trial of the fords,
- Beo. Th. 1021 ;
- B. 508 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “cunnian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6842.
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