Kything

Kything
Kythe Kythe, Kithe Kithe (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. {Kydde}, {Kidde} (k[i^]d"de); p. p. {Kythed}, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kything}.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[eth]en, to make known, AS. c[=y][eth]an, fr. c[=u][eth] known. [root]45. See {Uncouth}, {Can} to be able, and cf. {Kith}.] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. or Scot.] [1913 Webster]

For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]


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