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CÝÐAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
CÝÐAN, p. ic, he cýðde, cýdde, ðú cýðdest, cýddest; pp. cýðed .
to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announce;nuntiare, annuntiare, narrare, referre, effari, prædicare
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  • Wordum cýðan

    to make known in words,

    • Cd. 102
      • ;
    • Th. 135,
      • 14;
    • Gen. 2242: Exon. 12a
      • ;
    • Th. 19,
      • 7;
    • Cri. 297
      • .

  • Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan

    he began the Lord's law gladly to proclaim,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 398
      • ;
    • El. 199: 2510
      • ;
    • El. 1256
      • .

  • Cýþ

    narra,

    • Lk. Bos. 8, 39: Mt. Bos. 2, 8: Gen. 37, 14: Bd. 2,
      • 9;
    • S. 511,
      • 32.

  • Cýðdon Cristes gebyrd

    they announced Christ's birth,

    • Exon. 8b
      • ;
    • Th. 5,
      • 5;
    • Cri. 65: Ps. Th. 77, 7: 101,
      • 16.

  • Cýðe his neáhgebúrum

    let him tell to his neighbours,

    • L. Edg. S. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 274,
      • 20.
to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confess, confirm, testify, prove; notum facere, revelare, manifestare, ostendere, perhibere, confiteri, testari, probare
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  • Ic him cýðde ðínne naman

    notum feci eis nomen tuum,

    • Jn. Bos. 17,
      • 26.

  • Wísdóm sceoldon weras Ebréa wordum cýðan [MS. cyðdon]

    the Hebrew men must reveal wisdom by words,

    • Cd. 176
      • ;
    • Th. 221,
      • 33;
    • Dan. 97
      • .

  • Ellen cýðan

    to manifest valour,

    • Beo. Th. 5384
      • ;
    • B. 2695
      • .

  • Wundor cýðan

    to perform a miracle,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2222
      • ;
    • El. 1112: Andr. Kmbl. 1142
      • ;
    • An. 571
      • .

  • Ðe me cýþ befóran mannum

    qui confitebitur me coram hominibus,

    • Mt. Bos. 10, 32: Jn. Bos. 1,
      • 20.

  • Cýdde,

    • Bd. 4,
      • 25;
    • S. 600,
      • 30.

  • Ðú cýddest

    tu innotuisti,

    • Ps. Spl. 143,
      • 4.

  • He cýþ

    testatur,

    • Jn. Bos. 3, 32: 1,
      • 15.

  • Mid áþe cýðan

    to prove on oath,

    • L. C. S. 15
      • ;
    • Th. i. 384,
      • 10.

  • Eallra heora dóme wæs cýðed [MS. kyþed]

    omnium judicio probatum est,

    • Bd. 5,
      • 19;
    • S. 640,
      • 13.
Etymology
[
Piers P. couthen:
Chauc. kithe, kythe:
Laym. cuðe, cuðen:
Orm. kiþenn:
O. Sax. kúðian, kundan:
O. Frs. ketha, keda:
Ger. M. H. Ger. künden:
O. H. Ger. kundjan, kundan:
Goth. kunþyan:
Dan. kynde:
Swed. kunna:
Icel. kynna
.]
Derived forms
a-cýðan, for-cýðan, ge-, of-, ofer-
Linked entries
v.  ge-cýðan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CÝÐAN.” 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/7294.

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