fanding

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ændɪŋ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fanding, fonding, from Old English fandung (“investigation, trial, temptation, test, proof”), verbal noun of Old English fandian (“to try, attempt, tempt, test, examine, explore, search out, experience, visit”), equivalent to fand +‎ -ing. More at fand. ==== Noun ==== fanding (obsolete) Trial; temptation. === Etymology 2 === From fand. ==== Verb ==== fanding present participle and gerund of fand == Middle English == === Noun === fanding (Northern) alternative form of fondynge