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Kithe vs Sithe - What's the difference?

kithe | sithe |

As verbs the difference between kithe and sithe

is that kithe is to make known; to reveal while sithe is obsolete form of scythe.

As a noun sithe is

obsolete form of scythe. The spelling with /sc-/ was influenced by unrelated Latin word {{term|scissor||cutter|lang=la}}, and {{term|scindere||to split|lang=la}}.

kithe

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (archaic, except in Scots) To make known; to reveal.
  • :* Late 14th century': For, but if Crist open myracle '''kiþe , / Wiþouten gilt þou shalt be slayn as swiþe. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ''The Man of Law's Tale

    • Anagrams

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    sithe

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1669 , , Paradise Lost , Samuel Simmons, Book X:
    • "and, whatever thing the sithe of time mows down, devour unspared" - Paradise Lost, Book X

    Verb

    • Etymology 2

    Corrupt regional pronunciation of sigh.

    Verb

  • (dialect, dated) To sigh.
    • (Webster 1913)