Un-cýðig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - un-cýðig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

un-cýðig
adj. Ignorant, unacquainted :-- Wittende sciens ... uncýðig l unwittende ignorans, Lk. Skt. p. 7, 18. Ðá wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, hú hé swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ond swá uncýðig ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered at the man's wisdom, how in so little space and (previously) so ignorant he should ever become so full of belief, saturated with prudence, Elen. Kmbl. 1918; El. 961. Elnes uncýðig ignorant (i. e. devoid) of strength, Exon. Th. 175, 23; Gú. 1199. [Icel. ú-kunnigr unacquainted: Ger. un-kundig.]

Related words: on-cýðig; un-and-cýðigness. un-cyðig

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