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cúþ

  • adjective
  • participle
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Grammar
cúþ, comp.ra; sup. ost, est ; adj. [cúþ known, pp. of cunnan] .
Wright's OE grammar
§50; §113; §147; §166; §286; §301; §310; §426; §539; §542;
known, clear, plain, evident, manifest; notus, cognĭtus, manifestus
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  • Ðæt wæs monegum cúþ

    that was known to many,

    • Exon. 100b
      • ;
    • Th. 378, 21
      • ;
    • Deór. 19: Lk. Bos. 8,
      • 17.

  • Cúþ is wíde

    it is widely known,

    • Exon. 40b
      • ;
    • Th. 134, 14
      • ;
    • Gú. 507
      • .

  • Cúþ is, ðæt

    it is manifest, that,

    • Cd. 198
      • ;
    • Th. 246, 20
      • ;
    • Dan. 482
      • .

  • Cúþ standeþ, ðæt he gescylded wæs

    quem essu servatum constat,

    • Bd. 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 555, 27: 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 492, 38
      • .

  • Ðæt wæs ðara fæstna folcum cúþost

    that was of those fastnesses most known to nations,

    • Cd. 209
      • ;
    • Th. 259, 16
      • ;
    • Dan. 692
      • .
known, well known, sure, safe, noted, known as excellent, famed, celebrated; notus, certus, præstans, egregius
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  • Cúþe ǽrenddracan

    nuntii certi,

    • Bd. 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564,
      • 40.

  • Cúþran gewitnesse

    certiori notitia,

    • Bd. 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 588,
      • 40.

  • Se cúþesta gewita

    certissimus testis,

    • 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 587,
      • 27.

  • Cúþes werodes

    of the famed host,

    • Cd. 154; Th. 192,
      • 12;
    • Exod. 230: Beo. Th. 1738
      • ;
    • B. 867: 4362
      • ;
    • B. 2178: Cd. 226
      • ;
    • Th. 302, 9
      • ;
    • Sat. 596
      • .
familiar, intimate, related, friendly; notus, familiāris, amīcus, benevŏlus
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  • Swá swá he cúþre stæfne wæs to me sprecende

    quasi familiari me voce alloquens,

      B
    • d. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 600, 43
      • .

  • Ne sint me winas cúþe eorlas elþeódige

    the strange men are no affable friends to me,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 396
      • ;
    • An. 198
      • .

  • Feor ðú me dydest freóndas cúþe

    longe fecisti notos meos a me,

    • Ps. Th. 87, 8
      • .

  • Míne cúþe

    notos meos,

    • 87, 18: 54, 13: 131,
      • 18.
Etymology
[
Wyc. oud, kowd kknown, pp. of kunne:
Chauc. couth, kouth , pp. of conne:
Orm. cuþ, pp. of cunnenn:
Laym. cuð, coð, icuð known, renowned, pp. of cuðe to make known:
O. Sax. kúð known:
O. Frs. kuth, kund, kud:
Dut. kond:
Ger. kund:
M. H. Ger. kunt:
O. H. Ger. kund:
Goth. kunþs known, pp. of kunnan:
Icel. kunnr, kuðr known.
.]
Derived forms
folc-cúþ, for-, hiw-, híw-, in-, un-, unfor-, wíd-, cýþig, on-, un-
Linked entries
v.  cúþe-menn cúða cúþra.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cúþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6861.

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Word-wheel

  • cúþ, adj.; part.

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