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): /kʌɪð/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌɪð

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.
    • 1604-30, Alexander Craigː
      These lines are sent by me, To kithe my love to thee.

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English kiþen.

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

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