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nam-cúþ

  • adjective
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Grammar
nam-cúþ, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§640;
Having the name well-known, celebrated, famous, of note, of renown
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  • Nabochodonossor se namcúþa cining,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 15.
  • Ǽlcre namcúþre wyrte dǽl

    a bit of every well-known plant,

    • Lchdm. i. 398, 9.
  • Twegen sacerdas ðe ǽr on lífe wǽron swíðe namcúþe,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 342, 3.
  • Heáhfæderas namcúþe weras (

    the twelve patriarchs

    ),
    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 2: R. Ben. 33, 20.
  • On ðám gemótan ðeáh rǽdlíce wurðan on namcúðan stówan

    in those assemblies, though advisedly they were made in places of note,

    • L. Eth. ix. 37
    • ;
    • Th. i. 348, 18.
  • Se ríca biþ namcúðre on his leóde ðonne se þearfa

    the name of the rich man is better known in his country than that of the poor man,

    • Homl. Th. i. 330, 5.
  • [Sodome and Gomorre, and alle þe nomecuðe buruhwes

    (famous cities ),

    • A. R. 334, 25.
Etymology
Cf.
Icel nafn-kunnigr famous.
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  • nam-cúþ, adj.