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kythe | lythe |

As a verb kythe

is to make known in words; to announce, proclaim, declare, tell.

As an adjective lythe is

(obsolete) soft; flexible.

As a noun lythe is

(scotland) a fish, the european pollock.

kythe

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make known in words; to announce, proclaim, declare, tell.
  • * 725 . Corpus Glossary (1150). Intimandum to cyðenne.
  • * 1000 . West Saxon Gospels (John, xvii. 26). Ic him cyðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cyþan.
  • To make known by action, appearance; to manifest, show, prove, demonstrate, indicate.
  • * 1175 . Lambeth Manuscript (99). Elches monnes weorc cuðað [printed cuðan] hwilc gast hine wissað.
  • * 1385 . Geoffrey Chaucer, Legend Good Women (Prologue, 492). Sche kytheth what she is.
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    • Related terms

    * kything (Webster 1913)

    lythe

    English

    Etymology 1

    See lithe.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) soft; flexible
    • (Spenser)

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * laith * leet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A fish, the European pollock.
    • (Webster 1913)