kithe verb. [kʌɪð] Now Scot. & north. Also kythe. Pa. pple kithed, kythed; kid, kyd. See also KID adjective.
[Old English cÞan = Old Frisian kētha, Old Saxon kuÞian, Old High German kunden, Old Norse kynna, Gothic kunÞjan, from Germanic, from base also of KITH: cf. COUTH.]
1. verb trans.
a. Proclaim, declare, tell. OE-M16.
b. Show, reveal, make manifest; prove, demonstrate. ME.

2. verb trans. Exhibit or display (a feeling, quality, etc.); exercise, practise, perform. OE-E18.

3. verb trans. Acknowledge, confess; recognize. OE-E17.

4. verb intrans. Show oneself or itself, become manifest, appear. ME.

■ kithing noun (rare) (a) the action of the verb; (b) an act of showing or telling, a proclamation, a manifestation: ME.

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