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wíd-cúþ

  • adjective
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wíd-cúþ, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§640;
Widely known, well known,
of persons,
noted
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  • Wídcúþes wíg,

      Beo. Th. 2088 ; B. 1042.
  • Húnferð, wídcúðne man,

      2983; B. 1489.
  • Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wfdcúþe on heora gebyrdum

    hunc nobilitas notum facit.

      Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 32.
  • Twégen becómon tó ús, wídcúðe ðurh heora yrmðe,

      Homl. Th. ii. 30, 30.
of things
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  • Mid ðý ðe se cyningc gehírde ðæt Apollonius ðone rǽdels swá rihte árǽdde, ðá ondréd hé ðæt hit tó wídcúð wǽre,

      Ap. Th. 5, 2.
  • Ðæt gesýne wearð, widcúþ werum, ðæt wrecend ðá gyt lifde,

      Beo. Th. 2516; B. 1256.
  • Wídcúðne weán,

      3986; B. 1991.
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  • wíd-cúþ, adj.