Cýþan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

cýþan

Add: I. to make known in words, (1) to tell a matter, (a) with acc.:--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. (b) with clause:--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. (c) uncertain:--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. (2) to tell about a person:--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. (3) with complementary adj. (?):--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, ProII. to shew feeling, capacity, exercise, practise:--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. [v. N. E. D. kithe.] v. fore-, on-cýþan. cyþan,cyðan

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