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á-cunnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to put to the proof, try, test
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  • Se ongebróhta teóna ácunnað (

    probat

    ), húlic gehwilc man byþ,
      Gr. D. 47, 9.

  • Ácunna mé

    proba me,

      Ps. Spl. C. 25, 2.

  • Ácunnian

    experiri,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 68.

  • Ácunnod (beón),

      145, 50.

  • Wæs ácunnad

    temtabatur,

      Mk. L. 1, 13.

  • Bið ácunned

    nititur,

      Rtl. 59, 27.

  • Folc byþ ácunnod (

    experiretur

    ),
      Gr. D. 204, 13.

  • Áfandod and ácunnod

    experimentum habens,

      262, 5.

  • Ácunnod on geleáfan,

      Hml. S. 31, 134.

  • Gif úre crístendóm ne bið ácunnod,

      4, 248.

  • Be his regolum ácunnod

    tried by its rules,

      Lch. iii. 250, 7.
to experience, ascertain by trial
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  • Ǽlce dæge wé ácunniað, ðæt ðǽre sóþfæstnysse word beóþ gefyllede,

      Gr. D. 51, 24.

  • Swá hé hit oft ácunnad hæfde,

      Past. 375, 1.
where a test is successfully undergone,
to prove
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  • Ðá biscopas ácunnodan ðæt hió wǽren clǽne fram ðám synnum,

      Hml. A. 136, 663.

  • Bið ácunnod

    conprobatur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 41.

  • Ðæt is ácunnod

    it is an approved remedy,

      Lch. ii. 44, 12.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. ar-kunnén experiri.]
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v.  accutian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/37464.

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