Ge-cunnian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-cunnian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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.