See cyþan on Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
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"form": "cȳþed",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
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},
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"form": "ġecȳþed",
"source": "conjugation",
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"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of the Innocents\"\nFarað ardlīċe, and befrīnað be ðam ċilde, and þonne ġē hit ġemētað, cȳðað mē, þæt iċ māge mē tō him ġebiddan.",
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"text": "& ic him cȳðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cȳþan þæt seo lufu ðe þū mē lufodest sy on him & iċ eom on him.",
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"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Preface\"\nEft cwæð se Ælmihtiga tō þam witegan Isaiam, \"Clypa and ne ġeswic ðū, āhefe þine stemne swā swā bȳme, and cȳð mīnum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hīrēde heora synna.\"",
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"text": "c. 9–10th centuries, Bede, \"Preface\"\n7 þæt ðȳ læs twēoġe hwæðer þis sōð sȳ, iċ cȳðe hwanan mē þās spell cōman.",
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"ipa": "/ˈkyː.θɑn/"
},
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"ipa": "[ˈkyː.ðɑn]"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "cennan"
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},
{
"english": "Go instantly, and inquire concerning the child, and when ye find it, let me know, that I may worship him.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of the Innocents\"\nFarað ardlīċe, and befrīnað be ðam ċilde, and þonne ġē hit ġemētað, cȳðað mē, þæt iċ māge mē tō him ġebiddan.",
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"text": "& ic him cȳðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cȳþan þæt seo lufu ðe þū mē lufodest sy on him & iċ eom on him.",
"type": "quotation"
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"english": "Again the Almighty spake to the prophet Isaiah, \"Cry and cease thou not, raise thy voice as a trumpet, and declare to my people their crimes, and to the family of Jacob their sins.\"",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Preface\"\nEft cwæð se Ælmihtiga tō þam witegan Isaiam, \"Clypa and ne ġeswic ðū, āhefe þine stemne swā swā bȳme, and cȳð mīnum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hīrēde heora synna.\"",
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkyː.θɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkyː.ðɑn]"
}
],
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{
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}
],
"word": "cyþan"
}
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