different between nithe vs kithe

English

Etymology

From Middle English nith, nithe, from Old English n?þ (“envy, hatred, enmity, rancor, spite, ill-will, jealousy, action which arises from hatred, strife, war, hostility, the effect of hatred, persecution, trouble, vexation, annoyance, affliction, tribulation, grief, evil, wickedness, malice, an instance of wickedness or malice, enmity, attack, oppression”), from Proto-Germanic *n?þ? (“zeal, envy, hatred, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *neyt- (“to revile”). Cognate with Dutch nijd (“envy”), German Neid (“envy, jealousy”), regional Swedish nid (“hatred, envy”), Icelandic níð (“hatred, envy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?ð/

Noun

nithe (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Envy; hatred.

Related terms

• nithing

Anagrams

• Neith, Thein, Thien, Thine, thein, thine

Irish

Alternative forms

• neithe (dated)

Noun

nithe m pl

1. plural of ní

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.