nam-cúþ
- adjective
Grammar
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.
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Ǽlcre namcúþre wyrte dǽl
a bit of every well-known plant,
- Lchdm. i. 398, 9.
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Twegen sacerdas ðe ǽr on lífe wǽron swíðe namcúþe,
- Homl. Th. ii. 342, 3.
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Heáhfæderas namcúþe weras (
the twelve patriarchs
),- Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 2: R. Ben. 33, 20.
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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.
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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.
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[Sodome and Gomorre, and alle þe nomecuðe buruhwes
(famous cities ),
- A. R. 334, 25.
Etymology
Icel nafn-kunnigr famous.
]
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “nam-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/23427.
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