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CÝÞ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CÝÞ, cýþþ,e; f.
knowledge; notitia, cognitio, scientia
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  • Cýþþe

    notitiæ,

    Mone
    • B. 4214
    • .
  • Of mínre sylfre cýþþe

    from my own knowledge,

    • Bd. 5,
    • 24;
    • S. 647,
    • 18.
  • Ðe náne cýþþe to Gode næfdon

    who have had no knowledge of God,

    • Homl. Th. i. 396,
    • 28.
  • Ðære godcundan cýþþe

    divinæ cognitionis,

    • Bd. 5,
    • 22;
    • S. 644, 13,
    • 16.
relation, relationship, KITH;familiaritas, munus
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  • Gif he to ðam cyninge furðor cýþþe hæbbe

    if he have further relation to the king,

    • L. C. S. 72
    • ;
    • Th. i. 414,
    • 17.
a known land, native country, region, place; situs naturalis, natale solum, patria regio
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  • Ðis is mín ágen cýþ

    this is my own country,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 24,
    • 98;
    • Met. 24,
    • 49.
  • On heora ágenre cýþþe

    in their own country,

    • Bt. 27,
    • 4;
    • Fox 100,
    • 11.
  • Eorlas on cýþþe

    men in the country,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1467
    • ;
    • An. 735
    • .
  • Cniht of cýþþe

    a boy from his country,

    • Cd. 134
    • ;
    • Th. 169,
    • 15;
    • Gen. 2800
    • .
  • Ðú meaht to heora cýþþe becuman

    thou mayest come to their country,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 12,
    • 47;
    • Met. 12,
    • 24.
  • Gif ðú gewítest cýþþe sécean

    if thou goest to seek thy country,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 408
    • ;
    • Sal. 204
    • .
  • Cýþ

    region,

    • Bt. 33,
    • 4;
    • Fox 130,
    • 14.
  • Ðǽr úre cýþþ wæs

    there was our place,

    • Ps. Th. 121, 2: 119,
    • 5.
Etymology
[
Piers P. kith, kyth relationship:
Laym. cuððe, f. country, race, kin:
Orm. cuþe acquaintance:
Plat. kunde, kunne knowledge:
O. Frs. kethe, kede news:
Dut. kunde, f. knowledge, kindred:
Kil. konde notitia:
Ger. kunde, f. knowledge, news:
M. H. Ger. künde, kunde, f. knowledge, acquaintance, home:
O. H. Ger. kundi, f. in un-kundi fraus:
Goth. kunþi, n. knowledge:
Dan. kynde, m. f:
Swed. kund, m. a customer:
Icel. kynni, n. acquaintance
.]
Derived forms
eald-cýþ, -cýþþ, feor-, ge-, on-
Linked entries
v.  cýððu.
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