different between hithe vs kithe

English

Alternative forms

• hythe.

Etymology

From Old English h?þ. See also Lambeth, Chelsea, Queenhithe (a ward in the City of London), Hythe (a coastal town in Kent).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??ð/

Noun

hithe (plural hithes)

1. (obsolete) A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port.
   • 1603, John Stow, A Survey of London, 1842, William J. Thoms (editor), page 134,

     This Edred's hithe, after the aforesaid grants, came again to the king's hands, by what means I have not read, but it pertained unto the queen, and, therefore, was called Ripa reginæ, the Queene's bank, or Queene's hithe, and great profit thereof was made to her use, as may appear with this which followeth.

   • 1839 [1828], Thomas Allen, Thomas Wright (updates for 1839 edition), The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, Volume 3, page 724,

     After this, the bailiffs of the said Hithe complained, that, since the said recognition, fourteen foreign ships, laden with fish, arrived at Billingsgate, which ships should have arrived at the said Hithe.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?h?/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /?hi?h?/, /?hi?.?/, /hi?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /hi?/

Noun

hithe

1. h-prothesized form of ithe

Old Irish

Noun

hithe f

1. Alternative spelling of ithe

English

Alternative forms

• cythe, kyithe, kyith, keyth, kaith, kayth, caith, cuith

Etymology

From Middle English kiþen, küthen, kithen, from Old English c?þan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan, from Proto-Germanic *kunþijan? (“to make known”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??ð/

Verb

kithe (third-person singular simple present kithes, present participle kithing, simple past and past participle kithed)

1. (archaic, except in Scots) To make known; to reveal.
   • 1604-30, Alexander Craig?

     These lines are sent by me, To kithe my love to thee.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• A New English Dictionary

Anagrams

• Keith

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English kiþen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??ð/

Verb

kithe

1. To make known; to reveal.

Noun

kithe

1. Appearance, aspect
2. A living being in its earliest manifestations, e.g. a young child.