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): /kæɪð/
• Rhymes: -æɪð

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

• Keith

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

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language