cuþ

See also: cuy, cuth, and cuð

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kunþaz. Related to cunnan. Compare Old Saxon kuth and kunnan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːθ/

Verb

cūþ

  1. past participle of cunnan

Adjective

cūþ

  1. known
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "For Palm Sunday"
      Þam folce wearð cūð þæt se Hælend arærde lytle ær Lazarum of deaðe, seðe læg stincende feower niht on byrgene: þa comon þa togeanes Criste þe geleaffulle wæron, mid þam wurðmynte, swa we ær cwædon.
      It was known to the people that Christ a little before had raised Lazarus from death, who had lain stinking four nights in the grave: then those, who were believing, came to meet Christ with the honours which we have already mentioned.
  2. (substantive) an acquaintance

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: couth, could
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