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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-
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v.  cýððu.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CÝÞ.” 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/7292.

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