cuþ

See also: cuy, cuth, and cuð

Old English

Alternative forms

• cūð

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 (comparative cūþra, superlative cūþost)

1. known
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Wōst þū þonne gyt genōh be Gode, gyf hē þē byð cūð swā þē is nū þes mōnan færeld — on hwilcum tungle he nū is, oððe on hwilce hē þanon gēð?

     Then wouldst thou know enough about God, if He should be as well known to thee as the motion of the moon—in what constellation it now is, or into which it is going next?

   • 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

Declension of cūþ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cūþ	cūþ	cūþ
Accusative	cūþne	cūþe	cūþ
Genitive	cūþes	cūþre	cūþes
Dative	cūþum	cūþre	cūþum
Instrumental	cūþe	cūþre	cūþe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cūþe	cūþa, cūþe	cūþ
Accusative	cūþe	cūþa, cūþe	cūþ
Genitive	cūþra	cūþra	cūþra
Dative	cūþum	cūþum	cūþum
Instrumental	cūþum	cūþum	cūþum

Declension of cūþ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cūþa	cūþe	cūþe
Accusative	cūþan	cūþan	cūþe
Genitive	cūþan	cūþan	cūþan
Dative	cūþan	cūþan	cūþan
Instrumental	cūþan	cūþan	cūþan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cūþan	cūþan	cūþan
Accusative	cūþan	cūþan	cūþan
Genitive	cūþra, cūþena	cūþra, cūþena	cūþra, cūþena
Dative	cūþum	cūþum	cūþum
Instrumental	cūþum	cūþum	cūþum

Derived terms

• cūþe
• cūþian
• cūþlǣċan
• cūþnama
• cūþnes
• hīwcūþ

 

Descendants

• English: couth, could