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fandung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fandung, e ; f.
A temptation, trial, proof ; tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio
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  • Óðer is seó fandung ðe Iacob se apostol embe spræc

    the other is the temptation of which the apostle James spoke,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 23,
    • 8.
  • Scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes

    the sharp and searching temptation of the mind,

    • Past. 21,
    • 3;
    • Hat. MS. 30 a, 26
    • .
  • Ðære lufe fandung is ðæs weorces fremming

    the proof of love is the performance of work,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 314,
    • 28.
  • On ðære fandunge

    in temptation,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 23,
    • 8.
  • He of earce forlét háswe culufran on fandunga

    he let out a livid dove from the ark on trial,

    • Cd. 72
    • ;
    • Th. 87,
    • 21;
    • Gen. 1452
    • .
Derived forms
a-fandung
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v.  a-fandung.
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