Ge-cýðan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-cýðan

p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd. I. to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announce, inform; nuntiare, annuntiare, referre, effari, monere :-- Ða andsware gecýðan to make known the answer, Beo. Th. 714; B. 354 : 4638; B. 2324 : Ps. Spl. 101, 24. Gecýð make known, Exon. 50 a; Th. 173, 4; Gú. 1155. Sóþ gecýðan to tell the truth, Elen. Kmbl. 1173; El. 588. Se ðæt orleg-weorc ðam ebriscan eorle gecýðde who announced that fatal work to the Hebrew leader, Cd. 94; Th. 122, 4; Gen. 2021 : Andr. Kmbl. 1568; An. 785 : 1718; An. 861. Swá hie gecýðde wǽron as they were informed, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 9; Dan. 433. Him wæs gecýðed nuntiatum est illi, Lk. Bos. 8, 20. Ðá wearþ hit Constantine gecýd it was told to Constantine, H. R. 3, 11. II. to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confirm, testify, prove; declarare, revelare, edocere, manifestare, monstrare, perhibere, testari, probare :-- Ðæt wille ic gecýðan, ðæt ða rícu of nánes mannes mihtum swá gecræftgade ne wurdon that will I declare, that the kingdoms were not strengthened by the powers of man, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 1. God wolde gecýðan hwylcre geearnunge se hálga wer wǽre Deus qualis meriti vir fuerit demonstrare voluit, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 8; H. R. 15, 31. Se inlíca déma mannum gecýdde internus arbiter edocuit, 3, 15; S. 541, 19. He gecýðeþ ðé wisðómes gife he will shew thee the gift of wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 187; El. 595. Swá ðú hyldo wið me gecýðdest as thou hast manifested grace to me, Andr. Kmbl. 780; An. 390. Ðæt ðíne leóde gecýðdon that thy people shewed, Salm. Kmbl. 654; Sal. 326. Wundor wæs gecýðed the miracle was manifested, Cd. 208; Th. 257, 6; Dan. 653 : 212; Th. 263, 11; Dan. 760. Gecýðan mid áþe to prove or declare on oath, L. In. 16; Th. i. 112, 7 : 17; Th. i. 114, 2 : L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 5. Tree of wæstm his gecýðed biþ arbor fructu suo cognoscitur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 44. III. to make celebrated, renowned, famed; notum facere, inclytum reddere :-- Cyning cystum gecýðed the king for virtues famed, Beo. Th. 1850; B. 923 : 530; B. 262 : Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 3 : Gú. 553. [O. Sax. gi-kúðian : O. H. Ger. ga-chundan.]

Related words: cýðan, cúð. ge-cyðan,ge-cyþan