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cýþan

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Wright's OE grammar
§47; §114; §167; §286; §305; §310; §528; §530; §643;
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to make known in words,
to tell a matter,
with acc.
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  • Se cyng sende and kýdde heom ꝥ ilce,

      Chr. 1064; P. 192, 3.
  • Nǽnig mon his geþóht openum wordum út ne cýðe

    nemo palam pronunciet,

      Nar. 28, 30.
  • Hit nǽnig mon út cýþan ne móste,

      32, 17.
with clause
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  • Hér cýþ on hú seóc man mót his fæsten álýsan,

      Ll. Th. ii. 284, 24.
  • Þá cýdde man intó þǽre scipfyrde þet hí man befaran mihte,

      Chr. 1009; P. 138, 20.
  • Kýðde,

      1067; P. 202, 30.
  • Hié himcýþdon þæt hiera mǽgas him mid wǽron,

      755; P. 48, 18.
uncertain
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  • Ypte and cídde

    ederet,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 5.
  • Tó cýðenne

    intimandum,

      112, 3.
  • Cýþende

    indicans (somnium ),

      An. Ox. 2139.
  • Cýþendes

    disserentis, i. narrantis,

    4364.
to tell about a person
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  • Cýðeð (priscos tantum cur patres pagina) prodat?, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 34. (2 a) to tell about (be, ymbe) :-- Cýþ him ymbe þé

    tell him about yourself,

      Hml. S. 3, 561.
  • Þám cnihte cýðan be his Scyppende,

      3, 27.
with complementary adj. (?)
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  • Ne cýþ ðú witod on wén ðín; wite máran þanc ðæs ðe ðú hæbbe, ðonne ðæs ðe ðú wéne

    don't count your chickens before they are hatched; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,

      Prov. K. 22.
to shew feeling, capacity,
exercise, practise
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  • Cýð him mildheortnisse swá swá ic cýðde þé

    juxta misericordiam quam feci tibi facies mihi,

      Gen. 21, 23.
  • God cýþæ his sáule mildheortnisse,

      Chr. 1086; P. 221, 21.
  • Ðú wást ꝥ nán mon ne mæg nǽnne cræft cýðan bútan tólum and andweorce,

      Bt. 18 ; F. 58, 29.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. kithe.]
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v. fore-, on-cýþan.
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