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CWUDU

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
CWUDU, cwuda, cweodo, cwidu, cudu; gen.ues wes; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§103; §266; §362;
What is chewed, a cud, quid ; manducatum, rumen
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  • Ðe heora cudu ne ceówaþ: ða clǽnan nýtenu ðe heora cudu ceówaþ M. H. 138b. ¶ Hwít cwudu white cud, mastich; an odoriferous gum from the mastich-tree, which was called by Lin. pistacia lentiscas. This gum was used for chewing in the East; mastiche = μαστίχη Hwit cwudu

    which chew not their cud: the clean beasts which chew their cud, mastich,

    • L. M. 1,
      • 23;
    • Lchdm. ii. 66,
      • 3.

  • Gedó gódne dǽl ðǽron hwítes cweodowes

    put a good deal of mastich therein,

    • 2,
      • 14;
    • Lchdm. ii. 192,
      • 6.

  • Ofersceade mid hwítes cwidues duste

    sprinkle over with dust of mastich,

    • 2,
      • 3;
    • Lchdm. ii. 182
      • , 3.

  • Of hwítum cwidue and wíne

    with mastich and wine,

    • 2,
      • 4;
    • Lchdm. ii. 182,
      • 17.

  • Hwít cwudu gecnuwa swíðe smale

    pound mastich very small,

    • 1,
      • 13;
    • Lchdm. ii. 56, 5: 1,
      • 8;
    • Lchdm. ii. 54, 3: 1,
      • 47;
    • Lchdm. ii. 118, 29: 3,
      • 2;
    • Lchdm. ii. 308,
      • 24.

  • Genim ele and gedó hwít cwuda on ðone ele

    take oil and put mastich into the oil,

    • 2,
      • 2;
    • Lchdm. ii. 178, 26: 2. 52
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 270,
      • 28.

  • Nim hwít cudu

    take mastich,

    • Lchdm. iii. 72, 15: 124, 25: 134,
      • 10.
Etymology
[
Prompt.cudde :
Wyc. code, quede, quide, kude :
Orm. cude
.]
Linked entries
v.  cud cweodo cwidu cwuda cud hwít cwidu.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CWUDU.” 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/7010.

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