different between kythe vs hythe

English

Etymology

Common Germanic: Old English cýðan (Middle English cüþen, kyþen, kiþen, keþen). Old Saxon kûðian.

Verb

kythe (third-person singular simple present kythes, present participle kything, simple past and past participle kythed)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Alternative form of kithe

Related terms

• kything

Middle English

Noun

kythe

1. Alternative form of kith

English

Alternative forms

• hithe

Etymology

From Old English h?þ.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??ð/

Noun

hythe (plural hythes)

1. (obsolete) A landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port.

References

• “hythe”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?þ (“harbor, landing-place”).

Noun

hythe

1. hythe (landing-place in a river; port, haven)

Alternative forms

• hyth, hyeth, hyd, hyde, hyda, heythe, hith, hithe, hieth, hid, hide, hida, hethe, heithe, heda

Descendants

• English: hythe, hithe
• Scots: hyth, hythe

References

• “h?th(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

hythe

1. Alternative form of hight: simple past/past participle of hoten