A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Kippe, _v. a._ == catch up, clutch. RG. 125. HD. 2407. ON. kippa. AS.
cepan
Kirk, _sb._ == church, Body and Soul, 46
Kirtle, _sb._ 1167 B. Pol. S. 221
Kiss, _v. a._ [cusse]. 1779 B; pres. 2 and 3 s. 'cust.' RG. 435; pret.
'custe.' RG. 527; 'cussede.' RG. 14
---- _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 92
Kissing, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 70
Kiste, _sb._ == chest. HD. 2018
Kitchen, _sb._ HD. 936
---- == cookery. Alys. 4933
Kite, _sb._ (the bird). Alys. 3048. AS. cyta
Kive, _sb._ == a tub. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. In p. 191 it is applied to the pit of h.e.l.l. AS. cyf
Kiwing, == carving? HD. 1736. Or may it not be 'the chewing' from AS.
'ciwung,' i. e. the meat to be chewed or eaten?
Knarr, _sb._ == a rock? O. and N. 999. Dan. knort, a knur, or k.n.o.b. ON.
gnupr, mons prominens
Knave, _sb._ == boy. 683 B.
Knee, _sb._ Pol. S. 190
---- == degree. RG. 228
Kneel, _v. n._ RG. 369
Knife, _sb._ RG. 104. AS. cnif
Knight, _sb._ RG. 368, 501; pl. 'knutte.' Alys. 2133. AS. cniht
Knight, _v. a._ K. Horn, 450
Knighthood, _sb._ K. Horn, 492
Knit, _v. a._ pret. 'knutte.' Alys. 2251. AS. cnytan
Knock, _sb._ == a blow. Alys. 1621. AS. cnucian
Knoll, _sb._ == a hill, eminence, rising ground. Ps. lxiv. 13. AS. cnoll
Knot, _sb._ 1479 B.
---- _v. a._ Alys. 4075
Know, _v. a._ RG. 8; pret, 'knew.' 138 B. 'ikneu.' 88 B.; part. 'yknowe.'
RG. 432
---- == acknowledge [icnowe]. O. and N. 477
Knowledge, _v. a._ == acknowledge. Body and Soul, 48
Knulled, == heaped. Pol. S. 193. From 'knoll,' a mound
Komelyng, _sb._ == a stranger. RG. 18
Krawkan, == refuse of melted tallow. Ps. ci. 4. See Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ Crac.o.ke, and the note there. ON. krekja, to throw away
Kun, == species. See Kind
Kunde, _adj._ == of kin, lawful or legitimate, as 'kunde,' heir. RG. 370, 371
---- == kinned, related, Fall and P. 49
Kundede, _sb._ == kindness. RG. 452
Kunhede ? RG. 447, should be probably 'onkundhede' == unkindness
Kunrik, _sb._ == mark of royalty. HD. 2143
Kye. See Cow
Kynemerk, _sb._ == a king's mark. HD. 604
Kyneriche, _sb._ == kingdom. Pol. S. 215
Kyne?erde, _sb._ == king's sceptre. Pol. S. 215
Kythe, _v. a._ == make known. Wright's L. P. p. 91. AS. can
---- _v. n._ == listen? or 'be silent'? Wright's L. P. p. 94, possibly a mistake for 'lythe'
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