different between kythe vs lythe

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

Etymology 1

See lithe.

Adjective

lythe (comparative more lythe, superlative most lythe)

1. (obsolete) soft; flexible

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• laith
• leet

Noun

lythe (plural lythes)

1. (Scotland) A fish, the European pollock.

Anagrams

• Ethyl, Lethy, ethyl, lyeth, they'l, thyle

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lythe

1. Alternative form of light

Etymology 2

Noun

lythe

1. Alternative form of lyth