Cunnung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

cunnung

Add: I. trial, probation:--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. II. trial, proof, experiment, experience; experimentum:--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. cunnung