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witness, testimony
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  • Seó cýðnes þǽre ealdan ǽ

    testamentum ueteris legis,

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 92, 21.

  • Men feówer stánas álegdon tó gemynde and tó cýþnesse þæs siges,

      Bl. H. 189, 16: 69, 18.

  • Críst be him cýðnysse gecýdde,

      Hml. Th. i. 476, 31.

  • Cýðnessum

    adstipulationibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 64.
(the Old, New)
Testament
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  • Þǽre ǽrran cýþnyssa

    prioris instrumenti,

      An. Ox. 1676.

  • Cýþnesse ealdre

    testamenti ueteris,

      40, 2.

  • Rǽde man ǽgðer ge of þǽre ealdan cýðnesse ge of þǽre níwan,

      R. Ben. 33, 19: 34, 12.
knowledge, acquaintance
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  • Þæs hálignysse hlýsa hine sylfne gemǽrsode feor and wíde and hine gelǽdde tó manigra manna cýþnesse

    cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat,

      Gr. D. 44, 5.

  • Hú swýðe neáh Godes cýðnysse

    Dei notitiae quantum propinqui,

      56, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cýþ-ness.” 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/42512.

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