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fandian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
fandian, fandigan; to fandienne; p. ede , ode ; pp. ed , od ; v. trans. gen. dat. acc.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search out; tentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre
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  • Gif ðé ǽfre geweorþeþ ðæt ðú wilt oððe móst weorolde þióstro eft fandian

    if it should happen that thou wilt or must again explore the world's darkness,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 24,
      • 113;
    • Met. 24,
      • 57.

  • Ic bohte án getýme oxena, nú wille ic faran and fandian hyra

    jŭga boum ēmi quinque, et eo prŏbāre illa,

    • Lk. Bos. 14,
      • 19.

  • Ic wille fandigan nú hwæt ða men dón

    I will now seek to know what those men do,

    • Cd. 109
      • ;
    • Th. 145,
      • 24;
    • Gen. 2410
      • .

  • Ðæm weorce to fandienne

    to prove the work,

    • Ors. 1,
      • 12;
    • Bos. 36,
      • 37.

  • He gársecg fandaþ

    he tempteth the ocean,

    Runic pm.
    • 25
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 344,
      • 20;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135,
      • 50.

  • Ðú fandodest us God

    prŏbasti nos Deus,

    • Ps. Spl. 65,
      • 9.

  • Ferdon ða Phariséi, and his fandedon

    exiērunt Pharisæi, tentantes eum,

    • Mk. Bos. 8,
      • 11.

  • Hý fandodon mín

    tentāvērunt me,

    • Ps. Th. 34, 16: 40,
      • 6.

  • Ne fanda ðínes Drihtnes

    tempt not thy Lord,

    • Homl. Th. i. 166,
      • 21.

  • Fanda mín Drihten

    prŏba me, Dŏmĭne,

    • Ps. Th. 25, 2: Deut. 6,
      • 16.
Etymology
[
Piers P. ¨; fonden:
Chauc. fonde:
Laym.; fondien:
Orm. ; fandenn:
O. Sax.; fandón:
Frs.; fanljen:
O. Frs. ;fandia,; fandlia:
Dut. Kil. ¨;vanden:
Ger. ; fanden,; fahnden:
M. H. Ger. ;venden:
O. H. Ger. ;fantón tentāre, explōrāre
.]
Derived forms
a-fandian, ge-
Linked entries
v.  ge-fandod fandere.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fandian.” 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/10106.

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