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Old English · adjective

cuþ

Normalised cūþ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/kuːθ/
Syllables
kuːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English
knowncouldcouthacquaintance

cuþ1 · adjective

Senses

  1. known

    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?

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

  2. an acquaintance

Declension

Strong declension of cuþ
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative cūþcūþcūþ
Accusative cūþnecūþecūþ
Genitive cūþescūþrecūþes
Dative cūþumcūþrecūþum
Instrumental cūþecūþrecūþe
Plural
Nominative cūþecūþacūþecūþ
Accusative cūþecūþacūþecūþ
Genitive cūþracūþracūþra
Dative cūþumcūþumcūþum
Instrumental cūþumcūþumcūþum
Weak declension of cuþ
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative cūþacūþecūþe
Accusative cūþancūþancūþe
Genitive cūþancūþancūþan
Dative cūþancūþancūþan
Instrumental cūþancūþancūþan
Plural
Nominative cūþancūþancūþan
Accusative cūþancūþancūþan
Genitive cūþracūþenacūþracūþenacūþracūþena
Dative cūþumcūþumcūþum
Instrumental cūþumcūþumcūþum

cuþ2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. past participle of cunnan

  2. Inflected form of cunnan

All forms (10)

Etymology

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

Descendants

could, couth

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