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trial, testing
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  • Óðer is costnung, óðer is fandung. God ne costnað nǽnne mannan; ac hwæðere nán man ne cymð to Godes ríce, búton hé sý áfandod; for ðí ne sceole wé ná biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, ac wé sceolon biddan þæt God ús gescylde, þæt wé ne ábreóðon on ðǽre fandunge . . . Áfandað God þæs mannes mód on mislicum fandungum . . . Wel God wát hú hit getímað on þǽre fandunge . . . þurh ðá fandunge se man sceal geþeón, gif hé þám costnungum wiðstent,

    • Hml. Th. i. 268, 7-19
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trial, experiment
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  • Þá þe wé nú gyt ne magon mid gewislicre fandunge witan

    quae adhuc scire per experimentum non possumus,

    • Gr. D. 261, 29
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[v.
N. E. D. fanding.
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v. ge-fandung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fandung.” 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/44522.

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