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ge-cunnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to try, test
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  • Hí gelýfdon him be eallum þám geþeódum, þeáh hí hyra gecunnian ne mihton

    crediderunt de omnibus linguis quas probare minime ualebant,

    • Gr. D. 301, 1.
(l a) to try maliciously, insidiously, to tempt
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  • Gecunnedon of ðǽm gafel

    temtantes de tributo,

    • Mt. p. 19, 4.

  • Gecunnadun,

    • 6
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  • Gecunned

    tentatus,

    • 7.

  • ꝥte hé woere gecunned from diáble,

    • Mt. L. 4, 1.
to try to know; to inquire
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  • Gecunnia and ásca ... huulíc monn sé,

    • Mt. L. 10, 14
    margin.
to learn by trial, ascertain, know
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  • Onsióne earðes and heofnes wutað gié gecunnia (gicunniga, R., probare), ðis tíd ne gecunnað (gicunigas, R., probatis ) gié,

    • Lk. L. 12, 56.

  • Hé wolde gecunnian ( probare ) þæs þe hé ǽr gehýrde,

    • Gr. D. 142, 9.

  • Hú þú meaht gecunuian hwæþer hit healsgund sié (cf. healsgundes tácn hwæþer hé hit sié,

    • 44, 7), Lch. ii. 2, 17.
to prove, shew to be right, approve
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  • Sié ðá sóð intrahtnung ꝥ ðá apostolas gecunnedun

    sit illa uera interpretatio quam apostoli probauerunt,

    • Mt. p. 2, 6.
to try, attempt
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  • Gicunned bið

    innitatur,

    • Rtl. 19, 29.

  • Gecunnate

    conati,

    • Mt. p. 7, 2.

  • Gecunnad

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    • 9
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to try, vex, afflict
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  • Cnæht mín mið yfle is gecunned

    puer meus male torquetur,

    • Mt. L. 8, 6.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-kunnón to learn by experience.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/47532.

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