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cýþþu, (-o).
Wright's OE grammar
§372;
Take here cýþ, cýþþ in Dict., and add:
knowledge of,
acquaintance with,
a matter, subject, &c.
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  • Cýð

    notitia,

      Scint. 139, 8.
  • Cýððe

    notitiae,

      An. Ox. 4214.
  • Cýþþe,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 72.
  • Ic ꝥ for ðínre cýððe, and þé weorðne wiste þyses tó gewitanne

    I send it for your information, and as knowing you worthy to know this,

      Lch. i. 326, 8.
  • God eal þæt tó cýþþe and geswutelunge bróhte, iii. 432, 14.
  • Tó manegra manna cýððe (v. cýþ-ness,
), Gr. D. 44, 5. Hæbben þá ungelǽredan inlendisce þæs regules cýþþe þurh ágenes gereordes anwrigennesse, Lch. iii. 442, 8. Þurh cýððe þǽre ealdan ǽ, Hml. Th. i. 106, 20.
a person
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  • Hú neáh hí wǽron Godes cýððe (v. cýþ-ness,
), Gr. D. 56, 11. For þǽre ealdan cýððe Philippes, Hml. S. 2, 318. On þínre cýþþe wé, ræste habbaþ (cf. peace . . . through the knowledge of God, 2 Pet. 1, 2), Bl. H. 141, 10. Þurh þæs (the bishop's brother) cýþþo (cýðþo, cyððe, v. ll.) gelamp þæt se cyning þone biscop lufade per cujus notitiam rex ad diligendum episcopum pervenit, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 300, 7, (2 a) familiar, intimate knowledge, friendliness. v. cúþ
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  • Heó gelaðode þá cwelleras swilce for cýððe hire tó, Hml. S. 29, 326. ¶ habban cýþþe tó

    to stand in relations of intimacy, familiarity, friendliness, &c. to

    a person :-- Sum eáwfæst man hæfde micele cýððe tó Cúðberhte and gelómlíce his láre breác,
      Hml. Th. ii. 142, 1.
  • Sum hæfð sume cýððe tó rícum men; ðonne sceal sé earmum ðingian tó ðám rícan men þe hé cýððe tó hæfð,

      558, 1-3.
  • Þá þe þurh geleáfan ús gelenge beóð, and þurh crístendóm ús cýððe tó habbað,

      314, 14.
  • Abraham . . . tó Gode cýððe hæfde (cf.

    Abraham was called the friend of God,

    James
      2, 23), 190, 12.
  • Máran cýððe habbað englas tó Gode þonne men, i. 10, 3: ii. 112, 29.
  • Þá hǽðenan náne cýððe tó Gode næfdon, i. 396, 28.
  • Cíððe, 25.
  • Gif hé tó þám cyninge furðor cýððe hæbbe,

      Ll. Th. i. 414, 17.
native country, home
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  • Hé hine bæd ꝥ hé sǽde hwæt hé on his cýðþe wǽre (

    quid in terra sua fuisset

    ), nalæs hwæt hé þǽr wǽre,
      Gr. D. 181, 30.
  • Ic wille faran tó mínre cýððe and tó ðǽm londe ðe ic on geboren wæs

    revertar in terram meam in qua natus sum,

      Past. 304, 14.
  • Hié budon him þæt hé on cýþþe mid him wunade,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 19.
  • Colman mid his geférum fór tó his cýððe (cf.

    Colman . . . in Scottiam regressus est,

      Bd. 3, 26), Chr. 664; P. 34, 5.
  • Hé of his cýþþe gewát and of his earde. . . . þá ongan hine eft langian on his cýþþe,

      Bl. H. 113, 12-15.
  • On cýþþe cuman,

      Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 11.
fellow countrymen
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  • Án wræccea þæt fácn tó his cýþþe gebodade (

    suis prodidit

    ),
      Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 2.
  • Hí héton hine cýðan on his cýððe æt hám Godes wundor . . . Hé þæs Ælmihtigan mihte his hláforde cýdde and his leódum eallum,

      Hml. S. 25, 792.
kinsfolk
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  • In cýððo his

    in cognatione sua,

      Mk. L. R. 6, 4.
  • In cýððo ðínre

    in cognatione tua,

      Lk. R. L. 1, 61.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. kith. O. H. Ger. chundida notitia, denotatio.]
Similar entries
v. sundor-, un-, wíf-cýþþu.
Linked entries
v.  cýþ.
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