kithe

English

Alternative forms

• cythe, kyithe, kyith, keyth, kaith, kayth, caith, cuith

Etymology

From Middle English kiþen, küthen, kithen, from Old English cȳþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan, from Proto-Germanic *kunþijaną (“to make known”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪð/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪð

Verb

kithe (third-person singular simple present kithes, present participle kithing, simple past and past participle kithed)

1. (archaic in Scotland, obsolete elsewhere) To make known; to reveal.
   • 1606, Alexander Craig, The Amorous‎^[1], London: printed by William White, New Year's Gift to Idea, page 96; republished as The Poetical Works of Alexander Craig of Rose-Craig, 1604–1631; Now First Collected‎^[2], volume II, Glasgow: printed by Robert Anderson for the Hunterian Club, 1873:

     these lines are sent by me, to keep the law and kithe my love to thee.

     Spelling has been modernised.

   • 1609, Alexander Craig, The Poetical Recreations‎^[3], Edinburgh: printed by Thomas Finlason, To His Majesty, in Name of his Noble Master, page 10; republished as The Poetical Works of Alexander Craig of Rose-Craig, 1604–1631; Now First Collected‎^[4], volume III, Glasgow: printed by Robert Anderson for the Hunterian Club, 1873:

     I'll kithe a constant Palinurus to thee, […]

Anagrams

• Keith

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English kiþen, küthen, kithen, from Old English cȳþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan, from Proto-Germanic *kunþijaną (“to make known”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌɪð/

Verb

kithe

1. To make known; to reveal.

Noun

kithe

1. Appearance, aspect
2. A living being in its earliest manifestations, e.g. a young child.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language