kithe
verb/kaɪð/
Etymology From Middle English kiþen, küthen, kithen, from Old English cȳþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan, from Proto-Germanic *kunþijaną (“to make known”).
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Archaic, In Scotland To make known; to reveal.
Obsolete elsewhere
- these lines are sent by me, to keep the law and kithe my love to thee.1606, Alexander Craig, The Amorous, 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, volume II, Glasgow: printed by Robert Anderson for the Hunterian Club, 1873:
- I'll kithe a constant Palinurus to thee, […]1609, Alexander Craig, The Poetical Recreations, 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, volume III, Glasgow: printed by Robert Anderson for the Hunterian Club, 1873: