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trial, probation
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  • Þeós cunnung (

    probatio

    ) wæs in þǽre brycge, ꝥ swá hwylc unrihtwísra manna swá wolde ofer þá féran, hé sceolde áslídan on þá þýstran eá,
      Gr. D. 319, 12.
trial, proof, experiment, experience; experimentum
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  • For þǽre cunnunge (

    experimento

    ) þǽra twégra geþeóda hí gelýfdon him,
      Gr. D. 300, 26.
  • For þon þe hí ne magon þá ungesewenlican þing witan þurh cunnunge and áfandunge

    quia illa invisibilia scire non valent per experimentum,

      261, 1.
  • Þá þe nabbað ne nyton nǽnige gewislíce cunnunge be þǽre forðgewitenan wísan

    nullum de praeterito experimentum tenent,

    8.
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