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01 / Meaning & origin
Cuthburh is a feminine given name.
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CUTHBURH— “skilled pledge”
From _may_ and _might_ we pass to our other defective auxiliary _can_. ‘Knowledge is power,’ is an idea deeply rooted in our languages, for the difference between _I ken_ and _I can_ is well-nigh imperceptible. The Sanscrit _gna_, forming the Greek verb γιγνώσκω (gignosco), reappears in the Latin _nosco_, and the Anglo-Saxon _cnawan_. Another Anglo-Saxon form is _cunnan_, answering to the Danish _kjende_, Iceland _kunna_, German _kennan_. Thence our word _cunning_, knowing,…
From _may_ and _might_ we pass to our other defective auxiliary _can_. ‘Knowledge is power,’ is an idea deeply rooted in our languages, for the difference between _I ken_ and _I can_ is well-nigh imperceptible. The Sanscrit _gna_, forming the Greek verb γιγνώσκω (gignosco), reappears in the Latin _nosco_, and the Anglo-Saxon _cnawan_. Another Anglo-Saxon form is _cunnan_, answering to the Danish _kjende_, Iceland _kunna_, German _kennan_. Thence our word _cunning_, knowing, and _cuth_, the past participle, known, noted, or dexterous, whence came several North-Anglian names, Cutha, Cuthwealh, Noted power; Cuthred, Noted council; Cuthwine, Noted friend; Cuthburh, Noted pledge; and chief of all Cuthbryht, the great saint of Lindisfarn in his lifetime, of Durham after his death, when the wanderings of his relics rendered his fame so great that Cuthbert is still national among the peasantry of Northumbria and the Lothians.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section VI (Power) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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