Cuþbeorht

Old English

Alternative forms

• Cūþberht, Cūþbriht, Cūþbyrht

Etymology

From cūþ (“known”) and berht (“bright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːθˌberxt/, [ˈkuːðˌberˠxt]

Proper noun

Cūþbeorht m

1. a male given name
2. Cuthbert; Bishop of Lindisfarne and English Saint.
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Þæt iċ bē ðām hālgan fæder Cūðbyrhte wrāt oððe on þysse bēċ oððe on ōðre, þā dǣda his līfes, sume iċ ǣrest nōm of þām ġewrītum ðe iċ āwriten ġemette mid þām broðrum þǣre ċyriċean æt Lindesfearona ēa sumu ðā þe iċ sylf onġitan mihte þurh swīðe ġetrēowa manna ġesæġene iċ tōycte.

     That which I wrote about the holy father Cuthbert, either in this book or another, about his life's deeds, some I took first from what I found among the brethren of the church at Lindisfarne, and I have added on the particulars which I could glean through conversations with very trustworthy people.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Cūþbeorht	—
accusative	Cūþbeorht	—
genitive	Cūþbeorhtes	—
dative	Cūþbeorhte	—

Descendants

• → English: Cuthbert

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 1433 (Record of the settlement of a dispute between Heahberht, bishop, and the familia at Berkeley, Gloucs., concerning land at Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucs.), Cuþberht is mentioned as "Cu∂berht" in the old text section.