Ge-cunnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-cunnian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: cunnian. ge-cunnian

Definitions

1 ge-cunnian

p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To try, enquire, experience; probare, explorare, experiri :-- Ðæt hi móstan gecunnian hwylc heora swiftost hors hæfde that they should try which of them had the swiftest horse, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 42 : Nar. 25, 29. Ðe ðone wígend aweccan dorste oððe gecunnian, hú who dared to awake the warrior or to enquire how . . . , Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 14; Jud. 259. Ic hæbbe gecuunad cearselda fela I have experienced many places of sorrow, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 9 ; Seef. 5.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚳᚢᚾᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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