Middle English Dictionary Entry
kīthen v.
Entry Info
Forms | kīthen v. Also kith(e, kithiun, kide, kieth, (?error) kye & cǒuth(e, kūthe(n, cuth(e(n, kuithe, cuith(e, (errors) kuythþ, kothe & kēthe(n, (?error) keid & (early) cyð(e(n, -an, -on, cuþan, -æn, cuþi, couþi(e. Forms: sg. 3 kītheth, kīthes, kīdeth, kētheth, (error) kīcheþ, (early) cyðeð, cūþeþ, cūdeð & kieth, (early) kīð, cīð, cyð, kydh, cūþ, (error) kīcð; pl. (early) cyðeð, cūðeð, cūþað; p. kīthed, kuithet, kuyt, (sg. 2) kēþedest, (early) cūþede & kidde, kid(e, kud(de, cudde, kedde, (sg. 2) cuddest, (early) cydde, cudðe, cuðde, guðde; ppl. kīthet & kid, kidde, kide, kud, cud, ked, keid, (sup.) kiddest, kidest, kuddest, cuddest. Contraction: kiddit (= kidde hit). |
Etymology | OE cȳþan; sg. 3 cȳþeþ & cȳþ; p. cȳþde, cȳdde; ppl. cȳþed & -cȳðd, -cȳd. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To make (sth.) known by speech or writing; say (sth.), tell, proclaim; foretell; ben kid, be uttered; the soth to ~, to tell the truth; nought to ~, not to be spoken; (b) ~ forth, to proclaim (sth.), spread the news of (sth.); ~ of, tell (sth.) about (sb.); ~ to (til), tell (sth.) to (sb.); her kitheth, it says here (that, etc.); (c) to tell (sb. sth.); of a word: tell (sb. its meaning); ben kid, be told to (sb.); (d) to tell (sb.), speak to; teach (sb.); ~ bi (of), tell (sb.) about (sb. or sth.); (e) to command (sth.), prescribe; command (sb. to do sth.); (f) intrans.: to speak, tell, proclaim; ~ of, tell about (sth.), speak of (sth.), explain (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)13/17 : Þis scal wyð þare eaȝene tyddernesse, heallswa Hypcras þe læce hyt cydde [L dixit].
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)122/22 : Þeo fæderlice stæfne his ece eadiȝnesse cydde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)632 : He comm dun wiþþ Godess word, To kiþenn itt onn eorþe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2452 : I wollde sen..Whatt gate þiss maȝȝ ben þatt tu O Godess hallfe kiþesst.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)227 : Witiȝen..cyddon Christes to-cyme to þis life.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5957 : Alse we hit ær cuðden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7102 : He..hehten heo Kær-Lud and ouer al hit let cuðen [Otho: cuþi].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7408 : He hit letten cuðen [Otho: couþe] wide..þat Cezar wes hider icomen.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)139 : An is to kiðen cristes to cume.
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)119 : Ich eadnod bischob kiþe on þis writon þat ihc onborȝede xxx marca goldes be leadwiȝte to minre londreddinge at beorhtnoðe.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)37 : Kiðen i wille ðe ernes kinde, Also ic it o boke rede.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)577 : Iesus þo nemde marie and cudde hwat he wes.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1651 : Iacob..kidde he was hire mouies sune.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.181 : Al þe wikkednesse þat I wote bi any of owre bretheren, I couth [vr. kiþe] it in owre cloistre.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)23 : Kryst kydde hit hymself in a carp onez.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)964 : Þe lord..Calleþ counsail anon & kyþeþ [vr. kythid] þis speche.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)979 : Kyþe þe [read: þi] consail, sir knyȝt.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5187 : When þis counsell was kyd, he carpis no ferr.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)168 : And now thaire carpynge I sall kythe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2433 : I miȝt a-coupe of þat cause if I it kythe wald.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1518 : And Gwylyon tho hym went, the soþe to kyþe, A-gayne þoruȝ al þe ost.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1785 : Suche wordys ar noughte to kythe.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3412 : Sone anan þeȝȝ kiddenn forþ Amang Judisskenn þeode All þatt teȝȝ haffdenn herrd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17822 : Crist himm sellf & hise Lerninngcnihhtess All whatt wass rihht & whatt wass woh Till alle þede kiddenn.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)35/13 : Of hire we willeð sumdæl keðen be godes grace.
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)117 : Her kicd on þise iwrite þat hich luuig bischop, [etc.].
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1394 : Maiden rebecca ðanne ran And kiddit to hire broðer laban.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1654 : Rachel..kiddit to hire fader.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)5287 : Þe menskful messangers..to..king alphouns kiþed here arnd.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)11988 : Apon þaire sabat þus he did, and oþer childer forþ hit kid.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)533 : To the foreste rode these knightis thre, To the kinge it to kithe.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1441 : He..bad she shulde it to no man kythe.
c
- (1100) Chart.St.Paul in RHS ser.3.5820 : Henric king gret his scirereuan..& ic kyþe eow þet ic habbe geunnan Maurice bisceope þat bissceoperice on Lundone.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 : Þe seonde he to Rome Wilfrid biscop to þam pape..& cydde him mid writ & mid worde hu his breðre, Peada & Wulfhere, & se abbot Saxulf heafden wroht an minstre, Medeshamstede wæs gehaten.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : An cyrce weard..ferde sona ær dæg to þone abbot Turolde..& cydde him hu þa ut lages sceolden cumen to Burh.
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)19/45 : Se ængel hire cydde þæt heo cænnen scolde Godes sune.
- (1155) Chart.Hen.II in Hall EME (Hrl Charter 3.B.49)12/5 : & ic keþe eow þet ic hebbe heom geunnon þet hi beon ælc þare lande wurþa þe hi eafdon en Edwardes kinges deȝe.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)22/21 : His men..cydden him mid blisse þæt his sune leofede.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)106/28 : Þe Hælend..hæt heom alle þam monnum cuþæn þæt he..us eft sechon walde.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)14/15 : Þa sende him roxilus his boden to..& him cyðan het þet he swiðlice iuntrumod wære.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)30/31 : Ða ðe heo ðerto comen, ða ne mihte heoræ nan hit awecgan; Ða wendon heo sume eft onȝean to him & him þet cuddon.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)32/32 : Heo in to þam kinge eode, constantine, & him cydde þa merðæ þe heo mid hire ibroht hæfde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9527 : Þohh kidde he þeȝȝm full wel þatt Crist Hemm shollde newenn clennsenn.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)115 : Ðe king bið icoren to þan þe him cuð his noma: King is ihaten rex, þet is, wisegend.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1022 : Heo him to clepeden & lad spel him cudden [Otho: saide].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8561 : Cassibellaune..lette..cuðen [Otho: couþie] his kempen þa tiðende neow cumene.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15194 : Hengest..bi worde & bi write cuðde [Otho: cudde] þan kinge þat he cumen wolde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26163 : His hauwæres þer comen..& cudde [Otho: tolde to] þan kinge..þat Luces þe kaisere and al his Romanisce here, þiderward heo comen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26448 : Cnihtes fareð eou aȝæin and cuðeð [Otho: seggeþ] eower kinge..heo beoð unwræste italde.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1339 : We kennið þe wel, keiser, & cuðeð þet we leaueð þi lahe.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)38/8 : Cuð me nu & ken me hwi þe worldes wealdent wuneð, wummon, in þe.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)109/331 : Scal he þe neuere cuþen hwanne he þe bi-swiken.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)1769 : Hii lette..cuþi þe ferde þat Brutus..to þare see wolde.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2357 : Sone it was king pharaon kid Hu ðis newe tiding wurð bi-tid.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)100/2032 : His ioie kouþe he noman kiþe.
- c1330 KTars (Auch)41/353 : Her sorwe couþe þai noman kiþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2126 : Þe cunseil þat y kan i schal þe kiþe sone.
- c1440(c1350) Octav.(1) (Thrn)99/612 : Þe sothe i wille the kythe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3469 : Now sall I kithe vs a carpe of a kyng riche.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5168 : Do kith vs þi name.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1611 : A prayer I wolde make..youer name that ye wolde me kythe.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1774 : I wolde you kythe A word, yif that it were your wille.
d
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)8/21 : He cwæð eft to him, swa swa us cyð þis godspel.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)18/17 : Ic cyðe eow swytellice be þam soðan Fæder.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/22 : Gif þin broðor synegæð wið þe, cyð him onsundron ærest.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10304 : Sannt Johan..Uss kiþeþþ off þa sanderrmenn, Whatt kinness menn þeȝȝ wærenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)18152 : He kidde þeȝȝm Off Godess Suness come.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3574 : Swa neuer he ne cuðe of his alde cuððe cnihte ne sweine.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4494 : Þa sede [read: sende] Dalgan, þa quene, in to Denemarke and guðde [Otho: cuþede] Godlacke.
- c1390 Treat.Mass (Vrn)14 : Of a talkyng I wol ȝou kiþe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)690 : For þat I couet to ken, if þou me kythe wald.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)17 : Lerne þe byleue leuest me were And if any werldly wiȝt wille me couþe.
e
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)44/19 : Þa weccan he eft cydde, þus cwæðende.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)211 : xxti knyȝtes wer cud [vr. ycald] þe kergyf to fecche.
f
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)302 : & tiss wif wass off þeȝȝre kinn, Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17790 : Þa men aȝein comen þer þe king wunede & cudden i þan bure of Appases fore.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)816 : He þet is nomecuðest & meast con, cume cuðe þrof.
- c1390 NHom.Magd.(Vrn(1))52 : And he kudde [vr. kid] corteysliche and belde And forȝaf hem heore dette boþe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7052 : Þe ferth sibile, wit-in þat sith, In babilon bigan to kyth.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24881 : Þis angel to þaa quakand kidd And þus to þaim his erand did.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.36 : Of kyndenesse that knyȝte con kithe, And bede, 'Go foche me thritti powunde.'
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)971 : For corage wole a man to kith If he of menske haue mynde.
2.
(a) To make (sth.) known without words; reveal (a fact, an idea, an action, etc.); show (that sth. is true, what sth. is, etc.); ben kid, be made known; -- also used intrans.; (b) to show (a material object), reveal, expose; ben kid, be revealed; (c) to show (sb. sth.); (d) ~ of, to show (sb.) concerning (sth.); (e) to show (sb., oneself) to be (sth.); (f) intrans. & refl.: to show oneself or itself, be revealed, appear; reveal one's identity; ~ to, reveal oneself to (sb.); ~ with, prove oneself against (competitors); ben kid with, be tested by (strength or force).
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)99 : Al þet we misduden her, ho hit wulleð kuðe [vrr. cuþe, cuðen, keðen] þere.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1625 : Kinges heo weoren icleopede; þat heo ofte cudðen.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)59 : And þat he cið on alle wise.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)117 : Þo com a dine of heuene, ase þeh it were to kidende þat þe holi gost com uppen þe apostles.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)181 : Ðat child on his burde þoleð ec bittere þrowe..and cuð mid his wope.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)53/31 : Ac hie kedde sone ðat þies hali mihte was on hire.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)57/34 : Hie cyðeð sone mid bitere answere..ðat hit ne cam noht of eadmode herte, ðe dom ðe hie swa swiðe fordemden hem seluen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)44/20 : He cudeð ase king þet he rixleð ariht.
- a1250 Lofsong Louerde (Nero A.14)215 : Cuið in me hwat is milce.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)90 : Þu sittest adai & fliȝt aniȝt; Þu cuþest þat þu art on vnwiȝt.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)132 : Euer he cuþ þat..he com of þan adel eye.
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (Hrl 2277)177 : His harpe..Bigan to cuþe [Vrn: kuiþe] his holi þoȝt, ded treo þeȝ hit were.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2265 : Hii cudde [vr. kyd] þat hii were men.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2379 : Þere he kudde wat he was, vnkunde ssrewe & quoynte.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2963 : Cuþeþ [vrr. Kithe, Cuyþe] nouþe þat ȝe beþ men.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7085 : He bigan ȝong ynou To kuþe [vr. kuythe] wat he wolde be.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2784 : Þe bischop Brice Kid þat he nas nouȝt nice.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2415 : Tristrem wiþ gret honour Kidde þat he was hende.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)95/1918 : Vnto þe geaunt ful swiþe he ran & kedde þat he was douȝti man.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)7/174 : God þorwe miracles keþeþ hit.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)118/97 : Ioseph kedde þat he was mylde.
- a1350 SMChron.(RwlPoet 145)474 : Edgare was an holy man, That oure lorde kyþe began.
- c1390 Whon alle soþes (Vrn)76 : Þen kuiþest þou wel þat þou art slih.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18526 : Littel es gan sin it be-tidd, Þat was bi-for min eien kidd [Göt: keid; Trin-C: kidde].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22737 : He come first his come to kyeth [Frf: kiþ].
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)1088 : Kythe [LinI: kuyþes] þat ȝe ben kene knyȝtes.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3355 : Þat he was gode kniȝth he kedde..A dozein he slouȝ to on hep.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)146 : How cruel þat thow art on me nat kythe!
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)1405 : He kyd [Add: showed] þat he was mekill of might.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.538 : Ris up anon, and lat this wepyng be, And kith thow art a man.
- c1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) (Benson-Robinson)492 : She kytheth what she is.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.Ad SS (Hnt HM 744)56 : And kythe in vs þat thow art merciable.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1234 : Grete ferly thaym thoghte Who þat wondir had wroghte..And wold come none innermare For to kythe what he ware.
- a1450 The tixt of holy writ (Dgb 102)178 : Y made þe of nouȝt And kyd þat y loued þe dere.
- c1475(a1400) Amadace (Tay 9)p.38 : Sir Amadace kidde he was gentilman bornne.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1135 : Florent kedde þat he was sleȝ.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)580 : Gyfre kedde he was good at nede.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2751 : Gawayn kyd he covde of werre.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)231 : Þemperour wend..þat feiȝþely it were of feyrye..for þe curteys cuntenaunce þat it kudde þere.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)211 : O þe hali croice, how it was kyd [Trin-C: kidde] lang efterward þat it was hid.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22180 : For all þe hordes þar ar hid Sal hali in his time be kid.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)1935 : We wyte..About this cite gret tresour; Undyr the erth hit hys hyde, And yf thou wylt, hye schal be kyde.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/5 : Ða wæron ða underkyngæs þam casere underðeode..Ðæt cydde þe casere þam kynge Archelau.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/23 : Þa wolde he..heom cuþan..hu wlitiȝ his haliȝ lichame beon sceolde æfter his upriste.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)109 : His leoman him cuþað þet he ne bið quic longe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12308 : We þe wulleð cuðen [Otho: teche] a wunderlic þing, of ane swulche bare þe her is bi-halues.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)57/611 : Þu..þin ariste cuddest þine icorene.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)11/239 : Þat þow hauest no riȝt to me wif I schel þe kiþe, be me lif!
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)2020 : Þou lexst on me, & þat y schal sone kiþe [Cai: preoue on] þe.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)819 : What wonder werkes gan he ȝow kith [rime: swith].
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1157 : Of þa kingen [Otho: þincge] þa weren to kumen, heo heom wolde cuðen [Otho: cuþe] mid tacnen & mid swefnen.
e
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)9135 : Kniȝtes wiȝt þai hem kedden, & roume to þe four þai redden.
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)740 : Edgar wes an holy mon; That oure lord him cuthe [Auch: keþe] con.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)22488 : Þai smat þe horses with þar spurs And kidde þam knightes of arthurs.
- (?c1425) Hoccl.Jonathas (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)595 : Shee..herde seyn..How maistreful a leche he had him kid.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)1947 : Kithe you knightis of hardynesse!
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)2087 : Take your sporte, and kith you knyghtes.
f
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)109/12 : Whar ðe godd ȝifð ðese mihte, hit kydh hit sone.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1425 : Alle þai beden lat be; Durst non him seluenkiþe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)827 : Son bigan wenganz to kiþe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1871 : Þe sunn bigan þan sumquat kyth.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4276 : Luken luue at þe end wil kith [rime: blith].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14442 : He him-self emang þam kidd [Trin-C: kud] And mani fair meracles did.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23580 : Crist him kythes [Trin-C: kiþeþ] to þaim clene.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)19687 : 'Saul,' he said, 'he me has send, Iesus, þat has kidd to þe.'
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)1871 : Þe sonne bigon þo hir to kiþe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)213 : He kide him in þe courete & quayntid him with ladis.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)686 : For at the iustyng wolde y bene To kythe me wyth the knyghtys kene.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1386 : Ther passyth here no men, Wyth strenkyth but they be kedd.
3.
(a) To exhibit (a virtue, vice, quality); exercise (power, strength, etc.); show (joy, love, one's habits, one's manhood, a custom, etc.); (b) ~ on (upon), to exercise (one's power, strength, etc.) upon (sb.); ~ on (upon, to, til, unto), show (love, friendship, mercy, treason, bitterness, etc.) toward (sb.); ~ upon, use (one's power) to relieve (a misfortune); ~ wodnesse in, show (madness) toward (sb.), deal insanely with (sb.); (c) to show (sb., a soul, a place, etc., love, pity, kindness, unkindness, jealousy, one's power, etc.); manifest (a quality or emotion toward sb. or sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)26/33 : We sceolon tocnawæn hwæt we us sylfe beoð..& þa soðan eadmodnesse on us sylfe cyþan.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1540 : Cuð [Otho: cuþ] nu þine strengða!
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26747 : Cuðeð eouwer cniht-scipe!
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)79 : Þe man haueð and kið þoleburdnesse þe þoleð and forbereð.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)115/23 : Swa he deð as ofte as he ne mei wið open uuel cuðen [Nero: kuðen; Recl.: kyþe] his strengðe.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)118 : Ich þe bidde þet tu kume to mine uorð-siðe, And nomeliche þeonne þine luue kuðe.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)101/269 : Ac leorne hire custe; heo cuþeþ hi wel sone.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)111 : His craft he ðus kiðeð: Sekeð a ston ðat a ðirl is on.
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)4 : Crist..cuþ þu þi mayht.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)183/92 : Þov kuythþ þine miȝte and send þis child lijf.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1667 : Swete Ihesu, muche was þe loue þat þou cuddest þere.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of god (Hrl 913)199 : Is godhed he gan to kiþe.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1297 : Þer hii kudde [vr. kydde] hor prowesse.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3900 : Þai kedden her noble miȝt.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)423 : The fend kidde his maistri and arerede a strif.
- (a1333) Herebert Herodes (Add 46919)10 : A newe myhte he cudde þer he was at a feste: He made vulle wyth shyr water six cannes by þe leste, Bote þe water turnde in-to wyn þorou crystes oune heste.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1223 : Þe ȝong kene kniȝtes so kudden here strengþe.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.411 : Symon Magus..kydde [vr. kudde; Higd.(2): schewede] al the myght of his wicche craft.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.469 : Now þou hast leve to kyþe [vr. kuþe; Higd.(2): to prove; L experiri] þy strengeþe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.483 : For gentil herte kitheth [vrr. kidith, kithed, kieth, kicheth] gentillesse.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)4269 : Hir loue..Scho kithid [Trin-C: kid] it ay quilis scho moght.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)17976 : Wid cri þai ioy þai gun to keid.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.165 : His maistrie gan he kye [?read: kythe].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)851 : He knew þe costoum þat kyþed þose wrechez.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3924 : Þe Rotis vertu..Hath hool his myȝt and his force kyd.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)348 : Þan has þou þe fairest chance Þat ever ȝit had any knyght Þat þeder come to kyth his myght.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)3764 : And þou sal kith þi curtaysi.
- ?c1425(c1390) Chaucer Fort.(Benson-Robinson)63 : Right so mot I kythen my brotelnesse.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3479 : But þi benyngnite ffor-bad þyn hand to kythe cruelte.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4031 : Þe Sarezynes kydden here myȝt.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)528 : Now kythe thyn engyn and myght.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)381 : These knyȝtus kithiun hor crafte.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)69 : Þer was kyd mekyl fors.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)170/28 : Now, kene knyghtys, kythe ȝoure craftys.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 2250)9671 : At Cristes transfiguracioun..he to his men kuyt his myȝt.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)380 : What schuld ye do at is place, Swych costus to kythe?
b
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)36/752 : Beues..þouȝte a wolde keþen is miȝt Vpon þat swin, him self one.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)178 : Wole ȝe here what louerede God kudde [vrr. kyþeþ, shewythe] to hem þat wole him drede?
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)104 : [I] wil kuþe on hem my miȝt.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1581 : Send me anoþer..on him to kyþe my miȝt.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.237 : Þe kyng schal have non enemyes to kiþe [vr. kuyþe; Higd.(2): exercise; L excerceat] on his strengþe.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)34/541 : Þis was grace of gret vertue, Frendschipe to kuiþe to old and newe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1054 : Syn ye so goodlych han been vn to me And kithed [vrr. kythe, shewed] to me so greet gentillesse.
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)224 : Clerkes..Thus vp-on wommen kythen hire maistrye.
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)314 : What gentillesse mighte she do more Than shee..to him kidde.
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)406 : Now kythe on me thy mercy & thy grace.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2721 : Late hym be war..Vp-on Hector his power for to kythe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4486 : O cruel Mars..Þat hast on hem kyd þi felle myȝt!
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)658 : Bot at þe last Syr Ywayne On his felow kyd his mayne, So egerly he smate him þan.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)62/13 : Moste luf unto him he kid.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)115 : Þus grete lufe God til man kydde.
- a1425 Trev.Higd.(Hrl 1900)7.393 : Kidde [StJ-C: He hadde y-kyd his woodnesse yn þe forseid preost].
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.588 : Sire Nasciens kythed On hym his Myht, and vppon his helm he smot hym.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)893 : Kythe vp-on hem youre manly gentillesse.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)194 : These yong folk..praied Venus hir pouer forto kiþe Vpon þis myschef, & shape remedie.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)298 : Kytheth therfore on her sum kyndenesse.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)346/19 : Þou keþedest to him parfyte bileve in to þe laste ende.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1312 : Þus our god his kyndnes kythes To þaim þat in his mercy trowes.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)9038 : For his kindenes schal showe wel ther, that he kuythet to mon-kinde.
- a1500(1413) ?Hoccl.Poems PS (Eg 615)p.xl/120 : O deth, þat so kithest thi bittirnesse, ffirst on my sone and afterward on me.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.56 : The tresoun telle That to thy sister trewe and innocent Was kythit by hir husband fals and fell.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)102/19 : He him his godcundæn mihte cuþen wolde.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)153 : Mildheortnesse God kudde monne.
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)187 : Mildhertnesse he kidde mannisse.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)191 : Muchele luue he us cudde [vr. kedde].
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1346 : We cnawlecheð him soð godd..þet se muche godlec cudde us alle on eorðe.
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (Hrl 2277)159 : Wel gret loue oure louerd him cudde [Vrn: kudde] whan he schewede þere So moche of his priueite.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1921 : Ȝeo one cudde him more loue þan alle þat were ybore.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7314 : Nou god cuþe [vrr. kithe, cuyþe] is soule loue.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)19/522 : Nammore maystrye nys hiȝt to hym..Þane hym was ine þe liche of man To keþen ous hijs ryche.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)321 : Not y neuer what to done to wende þus hem fro Þat han al kindenes me kyd.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)603 : Crist mot þe it ȝelde of þi kynde cumfort þat þow me kuþest nowþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4515 : To litel þow me knowest or kinhed me kiþes.
- c1390 As I wandrede (Vrn)26 : Þou hast kud me gret kuyndenes.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)590 : Whose wolde his herte on such lord holde, Þat so muche loue him kuiþe wolde.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)756 : He cudde þe stude muche loue.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.748 : He, day ne nyght, Ne sholde vpon hym take no maistrye Agayn hir wyl ne kithe [vrr. kuyþe, kith, kothe] hire ialousye.
- a1400 Crist made to man (Htrn 512)20 : Swych was þe loue þat herte vs kedde [rime: wedde, bledde, fedde].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.440 : The kyndenesse þat myne euene-cristene kidde [vrr. kydden, kudde] me..Sixty sythes I, sleuthe, haue foȝete it.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)3660 : For mani dedes þat þou me did, And curtaysi ȝe have me kyd.
- ?a1425 Glo.Chron.B (Dgb 205)1328 : Kyd [vrr. kydde, kud; A: He miȝte abbe icome &..ikud me loue].
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)476/101 : Of me haue þou mynde, Some comforte vs two for to kythe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)556 : I thanke you..Þat ye kythe me suche kyndnes.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1385 : Me thynke þou kydde me littill luffe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2743 : If I kid þam curtassy, it come fra my-selfe.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)383/509 : When myght we se the seke, alas, and kyd the all this vnkyndnes?
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)222 : Philip þe free hym frendship kid.
4.
(a) To do (sth.), perform; make (a return or recompense); deliver (blows); ~ on, make (war) on (sb.), give (alms) to (sb.); (b) to cause (sb. sorrow); induce (love); ~ up, bring (strife) upon (sb.); (c) to act, behave, proceed, fight; behave toward (sb.); ~ ayen, oppose (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1249 : He made his play aloft; His gamnes he gan kiþe.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)484 : My ladi þe Qwene me a lettre sende, Ȝif euere I halp hire at neode, I scholde hit now cuiþe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.636 : For but if Crist open miracle kythe, Withouten gilt thow shalt been slayn as swythe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1609 : Kythe [vr. Doth] youre almesse on me, poure wrecche.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)827 : Sone he bigan vengans to kith [rime: blith].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.99 : Henry mad him ȝare..To Normundie to fare & se what he [Robert] wild kiþe.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.132 : Werre on him gan he kithe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)208 : He unkyndely..kydde a reward.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1062 : In the lande of Egippe gun þay lende, Þaire maystries for to kythe.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1652 : Es there any..knyghte..Will kyth for his kynge lufe craftes of armes?
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)380 : What did ȝe in þat place, Swylk maystris to kythe?
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4896 : Sterne strokes þey gynne to kyþe.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9889 : Þe king of fraunce Cudde vpe þe king of engelond gret destourbance.
- a1350 My deþ (Hrl 2253)21 : Suete ledy, þou wend þi mod; sorewe þou wolt me kyþe.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1646 : Her moder about was bliþe And tok adrink of miȝt, Þat loue wald kiþe, And tok it brengwain þe briȝt.
c
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2121 : Merlin sent..To sir Vterpendragon & bad him orpedliche he schuld keþe, For he no schuld þere þoly deþe.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)260 : Durst non oȝain him kiþe, Bot ȝalt him tour and toun.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2340 : No mon..þe mys-boden habbe[z], Ne kyd bot as couenaunde at kyngez kort schaped.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)135/242 : Loved be þat lorde..Þat vs has kydde þus curtaysely.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1282 : Ȝyf euer were we knyȝthes, kyde we and fond we.
5.
(a) To know (sth.), learn (sth.); with inf.: know how (to do sth.); (b) to feel or have (shame, fear).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)6/32 : He wolde þæt he cyðe þa gastlice acennednysse.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)30/4 : Heo mihten icnawæn, ȝif heo cyðen æniȝ god, þæt nan mon ne mihte makiȝen swylce tacnæ.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)84/29 : Ȝif ȝe þaræ gode cyðon, ȝe sceolden ilome gan to þam halȝe husle.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8764 : He..grette Androgeum mid griðfulle worden, bed hine cuðen [Otho: couþi] þet he his cun weoren.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)100/269 : Ne salt þu þi wif..to þine bury bringen her þu hire costes cuþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2301 : Me þout þat þer com..a brem numbre of bestes þat a lyoun ladde, Þat his kene komandment kidden wel to wirche.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)18/10 : Ah þe schulde scheomien..ȝef þu scheome cuðest.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11636 : Til iesus loked on hir blith, And dridnes bad hir nan to kith.
6.
(a) To acknowledge (sb.) as (sth.); ~ for, acknowledge as (lord); (b) to accept (counsel), take (advice).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1368 : Uche duk wyth his duthe..Schulde com to his cort to kyþe hym for lege.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)228 : And he ayein his trouthe hath me plyght, For evermore his lady me to kythe.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)2481 : For her lord thay gonne hym kythe.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4609 : Highes you in haste, houes here no lengur; This is clerely my counsell, kithe if you list.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4644 : My counsell is kyndly, kythe if ye list.
7.
Ppl. kid: (a) known, made known, discovered, proclaimed; kid and couth, knouen and kid; (b) recognized; also, familiar, known, acquainted; hire..kid, familiar to her, acquainted with her; (c) known to be (wise, a leader, etc.); acknowledged as (king); kid for, known to be (courteous, a strumpet, etc.); (d) well-known, famous, illustrious, notorious; couth (knouen) and kid, kid and knouen; (e) excellent, fine, noble; kiddest, best; (f) of a name: known, given; of a person: named; kid was called, his name was kid, who was named; mi name is kid, I am named.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Þa wes hit cud ouer al þe burh þet þe helind wes þiderward.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)155/13 : Habbeð þauh to ower bihoue þesne lutle laste ende of alle kudde & kuðe sunnen, ase of prude, [etc.].
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1060 : Þis selkouth mithe nouth ben hyd; Ful sone it was ful loude kid.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1084 : Whanne þemperours komaundment was kud al a-boute, Mani was þat bold barn þat busked þider sone.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.206 : The sothe, which mai noght ben hid, Was ate laste knowe and kid Unto the king.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5124 : Bot so wel may nothing ben hidd, That it nys ate laste kidd.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1943 : I am deed if that this thyng be kyd [vrr. kidde, discouered].
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)530 : Þe kynges word might noght be hid; Over al þe cowrt sone was it kyd.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)65/178 : And when his dede was knawen & kid Vnto saynt Peter.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)26524 : He bade þai suld spek þam amidde Of slik treson if it wer kidde.
- ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A.(Benson-Robinson)46 : No doun of fetheres ne no bleched shete Was kid to hem, but in seurtee they slepte.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1028 : Thourghout the world oure shame is kid so wyde, Now it is peynted upon every syde.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)5939 : My Cunnyng shulde have bene kydde anone.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)719 : Wele was þis cas to me knawen & kyd many wynter.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)44 : A mervayle þai founden; As ȝet in crafty cronecles is kydde þe memorie.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)8885 : Thai suld..for that kindnes so kud alle way wilne his trace to suwe.
- a1500 RSicily (Cmb Ff.2.38)472 : He was made lowe..And þat was kyd & full well knowe.
b
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)38 : Ase gromyl in greue, grene is þe grone; ase quibibe ant comyn, cud is in crone.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1401 : Ne drede him neuer adel; for me ne schal he be kud.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2701 : Þai vnder-fang þis neu lai, Quarbi þai ar all kid [Trin-C: kud] and knaun.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7133 : Sampson al þe soth hir tald, And sco til all þat hir was kidd.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)244/10 : Þei wer rehersyd in many a place wher sche was neuyr kyd ne knowyn.
c
- a1350 Lord þat lenest (Hrl 2253)34 : Þat heo be kud & knewe for strompet in rybaudes rewe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)110 : Komen was he of kun þat kud was ful nobul.
- c1390(1377) Death Edw.III (Vrn)91 : I hope he schulde be kud and knowe ffor Conquerour.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)4/75 : For cursed caitefes er þai kid.
- a1425(?a1350) Nicod.(1) (Glb E.9)63 : And he þat was for curtais kid did it sone.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1728 : Allas, þat him es þus bityd, So nobil a knyght als he was kyd.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)4/144 : He .. was and is oneleppi Godd, kyng kydde in heuen and in erth, maker of all thynges.
- ?a1425 Glo.Chron.B (Dgb 205)1929 : Kydde [vr. kud; A: Seint eleine..wis was wide ikud].
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)139 : I hafe kynges in my kyne, knawene kyde fulle kene.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9265 : When he was kyng kyd & couþ, He tok his gate toward þe souþ.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1381 : Sir Ingelere, for a knyghte þou art kyde.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.6 : I hade kingus in my kynne that kyd were for kene.
- ?c1450 Nicod.(1) (Sion Arc.L.40.2/E.25)63 : And he, als curtayse þat was kidde, þat erand did in dede.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)222 : Biknowe þe cause, Sithen þou was kidde for no kynge, quy þou þe croun weres.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)204/6 : I am kyd, as men knawes, leyf leder of lawes.
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)2/20 : He was kyd a doughty knyght.
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)38/654 : The Bore stroke to Beues hard, That nevure was kyd no coward.
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- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)821 : 'Nai,' quoð þe cuddeste [vr. cuddest] an of ham alle.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)47 : Cud ase Cradoc in court carf þe brede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)111 : For þe kud king of spayne was kindely his fader.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3047 : Sche hade arst leide hure loue..on on þe kuddest kniȝt knowen in þis worlde.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)274 : Y þank þe þat in many a lond my name ys kud aboute.
- c1390 Maidstone PPs.(Vrn)94 : A blisful brid was brouht in Cage, Cauht and Cud in eueri cost.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5568 : A noble kniht eke of his hond, So was he kid in every lond.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29340 : Þe fiftend case..Er þaa þat pouermen ouer-lais And herijs þam, and reuers kide.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)51 : Þay woned þer samen, Þe most kyd knyȝtez vnder Krystes seluen.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)263 : & here is kydde cortaysye.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)92 : For hem þat God hath vndirfong In heuen blys ben couth and kydde.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)63 : Romayne he hyght, þat wele was kydde.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)3 : He to Carelele was commene, that conqueroure kyde [Dc: kydde].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)96 : Þat thow..Appere in his presens..In þe kydde Capytoile.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1621 : Tours was cald, þat wyde ys kyd.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)46a : Þe champioun, þe strong wrastelere, þe charioter, and þe carter..studieth how here craftes mowe ben kyd and knowen.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)26 : Alixandre..is conquerour kid in contres manie.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1885 : I haue conquired a kyng, þe kidest of þe werd.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)19/27 : Do so that thi goodnes, thi lewte, and thi curtesie be knowen and kid alle abowt.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)113 : He come to þe kyrke kydde of Saynt Paule.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)254 : Þai coronyd me þe kidde kynge of kene justises.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)172 : I karp of a kid king.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)556 : His menskfull menne might nought fynde Hur ked king in Egipt.
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- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)631 : Wel hire bi-þouȝt what were hire kuddest comfort hire care to lisse.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1272 : Comande hym..Cayre owte of my kyngryke with his kydd knyghtez.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1390 : He killez þe knyghte with hys kydd wapen.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2809 : Kyngys kene & knytys kyd, I do hem deluyn in a throwe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1718 : Hit is knowen to þis court and oþer kyd fryndes.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5386 : Þan fild þai..þere fuerse shippes..With corne & with clene flowre & othir kid vitaill.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6150 : The furthe batell..the bold knight arayet Of fell fightyng men full þre thowsaund, All of knightes full kene, kyddest in armys.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4205 : He..Callid to his carpentars & of his kid wriȝtis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)203/5 : Than he swappis at the kynge with that kyd wepyn.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)214/30 : And yf hit befalle that ye se oure charge is to muche, than recover yourself unto som kydde castell.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)536 : Six hundreth sixty & sex, in fay, was callide þat time a legioun, of knyȝtes kyd in gode aray.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1229 : Than Caulus..on a ked [Ashm: kene] stede..in twa hys tembre he brekys.
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- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7649 : Amphimates his name was kyd That Eveas ther to dethe dyd.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5496 : For swylke chaunces þat han bytid, Ar names of tounes cald & kyd.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)27 : A lene oor man he was, Kyd was callid Baucillas.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)43/9 : Abraham my name is kydde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)152/37 : Melchizar, þat my name is kydde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)119 : Þe holigost…giue us swo findige speche þat þe fewe word þe we on ure bede seien be cuðe [read: tuðe] alle halegen…þat hie þingen us to þe þremnesse.
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- a1450(c1405) Purvey Determ.(Trin-C B.14.50)175/197 : Þer ben summe þat seien if þe Gospel were on Engliche, men myȝten liȝtly erre þer-inne. But Wel couchiþ [vr. teychith] þis holi man Richard Hampol suche men, expownyng þis tixte.
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