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un-cúþ

  • adjective
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un-cúþ, adj.
Unknown; incognitus,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 33
    • ;
  • Zup. 205, 10.
unknown, strange
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  • Wæs Breotone eálond Rómánum uncúþ (

    incognita

    ),
    • Bd. 1, 2
      • ;
    • S. 475, 3: Beo. Th. 4434
      • ;
    • B. 2214.

  • Gif men uncúð swyle on gesitte,

    • Lchdm. i. 194, 27.

  • Ðæt wǽre gelæht án uncúð geong man,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 613: Ors. 6, 31
      • ;
    • Swt. 286, 22.

  • Heó on wéstenne gewunade eallum monnum uncúð,

    • Shrn. 107, 24.

  • Mon uncúþes andwlitan and uncúþes gegyrlan

    hominem vultus habitusque incogniti,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 35.

  • Firum uncúþ, hwí...,

    • Met. 4, 39.

  • Word áres uncúþes,

    • Exon. Th. 175, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 1190.

  • Nis ðæs nán tweó. Ac ic wolde nú ðæt ðú mé sǽdest hwæthwegu uncúþes,

    • Bt. 34, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 142, 24: Beo. Th. 1757
      • ;
    • B. 876.

  • Ne fyligeaþ hig uncúþum ( alienum ), for ðam ðe hig ne gecneówun uncúðra (alienorum ) stefne,

    • Jn. Skt. 10, 5.

  • Uncúðum gode

    deo ignoto,

    • Hontl. Skt. ii. 29. 23.

  • Be uncúðum yrfe (cf. ignotum pecus, L. Edm. C. 5; Th. i. 253, 7),

    • L. Edg. H. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 258, 21.

  • Ðá áléde ic mínne kynegyrylan and mé mid uncúþe hrægle gegerede (

    I went incognito

    ),
    • Nar. 18, 2.

  • Hwá gifþ ðam uncúðan lífes fultum,

    • Ap. Th. 11, 15.

  • Gehýrde hé óðerne sang swilce uncúðne,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 334, 16.

  • Uncúðne weg,

    • Met. 13, 58: Cd. Th. 181, 9
      • ;
    • Exod. 58: Beo. Th. 2825
      • ;
    • B. 1410.

  • Drihten sent uncúðe þeóde ofer eów ða ðe gé ne cunnon

    ducet te Dominus in gentem, quam ignoras,

    • Deut. 28, 36.

  • Geopenigean uncúðe wyrd, hwǽr hé ðara nægla wénan þorfte,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2202
      • ;
    • El. 1102.

  • Nime man uncúþ sǽd at ælmesmannum,

    • Lchdm. i. 400, 17.

  • Uncúð ádle

    pestilentiae,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 7.

  • Cf. Se hwíta stán mæg wið eallum uncúþum ( unknown, and so caused by witchcraft? ) brocum,

    • Lchdm. ii. 290, 11.

  • Ðǽr him folcweras fremde wǽron, wine uncúðe,

    • Cd. Th. 110, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 1847.

  • Ðæm folce seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes dryncas,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 76, 12.

  • Mínra firena ðe mé uncúðe wǽron

    delicta ignorantiae meae,

    • Ps. Ben. 24, 6.

  • Ðás ðé sint unncúðo

    haec ignoras,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, l0.

  • Hié uncúðra ǽngum ne willaþ feóres geunnan

    they will grant no stranger life,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 355
      • ;
    • An. 178: Cd. Th. 163, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 2698.

  • Se útancumena munuc ðe of uncúðum eardum cymð

    si quis monachus peregrinus de longinquis provinciis supervenerit,

    • R. Ben. 109, 4.

  • Gif wé scomiaþ ðæt wé tó uncúðum monnum ( men we do not know ) suelc sprecen,

    • Past. 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 63, 6.

  • Oft ic nú miscyrre cúðe sprǽce, and þeáh uncúðre ǽrhwílum fond,

    • Met. 2, 9.
unknown, not understood
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  • God sealde heora ǽlcum synderlíce sprǽce, ðæt heora ǽlcum wæs uncúð, hwæt óðer sǽde,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 11.
unknown, uncertain
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  • Ðære tíde ðe ús uncúþ is

    ejus quod nobis incertum est temporis,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 516, 15.

  • Heora sylfra forþfóre ðære tíd[e] is uncúþ

    suum exitum, cujus hora incerta est,

    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 568, 21: Blickl. Homl. 125, 7.

  • Ús is swíþe uncúþ hwæt úre yrfeweardas getreówlíces dón willon,

    • 51, 35: 119, 7.

  • Clypiaþ gyt hlúdor uncúð þeáh ðe hé slǽpe (

    cry aloud ... peradventure he sleepeth, 1 Kings 18, 27),

    • Homl. Skt. i. 18, 119.

  • Monig biþ uncúþ treówgeþofta teoraþ hwílum wáciaþ wordbeót

    many a thing is uncertain, trusty comrade sometimes fails, weak prove words of promise,

    • Exon. Th. 469, 19
      • ;
    • Hy. 11, 4.

  • Fægere word ðis synd ðe gé bróhton, ac hí níwe syndon and uncúþe

    pulchra sunt verba quae adfertis, sed nova sunt et incerta,

    • Bd. 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 487, 10.

  • Ðonne cuman fǽrlíce on uncúðum tídum tó mynstre cumaþ

    incertis horis supervenientes hospites,

    • R. Ben. 85, 9.
ungentle, unkind, hostile harsh unfriendly.
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v. un-cúþlíce
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  • Bróga cwom egeslíc and uncúð, ealdfeónda níð,

    • Exon. Th. 110, 23
      • ;
    • Gú. 112.

  • Móna se ehtoða ... cild ácenned uncúð (

    unfriendly?

    ),

    strang,

    • Lchdm. iii. 188, 3.

  • Wé genéðdon eafoð uncúþes ( Grendel ); úþe ic swíþor, ðæt ðú hine selfne geseón móste, feónd fylwérigne,

    • Beo. Th. 1924
      • ;
    • B. 960.

  • Sceaþa eáweþ uncúðne níð,

    • 558
      • ;
    • B. 276.

  • Mec ongon hreówan ðæt mín hondgeweorc on feónda geweald féran sceolde, sceolde uncúðne eard cunnian, sáre síþas,

    • Exon. Th. 86, 34
      • ;
    • Cri. 1418.
Etymology
[
Goth. un-kunþs ignotus
:
O. H. Ger. un-kund ignotus, incognitus, peregrinus, agrestis, incertus
:
Icel. ú-kunnr unknown.
]
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v.  un-cúþlíce.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-cúþ.” 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/32727.

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