Á-cunnian

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á-cunnian

Add: (1) to put to the proof, try, test:--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. (2) to experience, ascertain by trial:--Ǽlce dæge wé ácunniað, ðæt ðǽre sóþfæstnysse word beóþ gefyllede, Gr. D. 51, 24. Swá hé hit oft ácunnad hæfde, Past. 375, 1. (3) where a test is successfully undergone, to prove:--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. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ar-kunnén experiri.] a-cunnian