The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kydde
Kydde \Kyd"de\,
imp. of Kythe, to show. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Note: Spenser erroneously uses kydst to mean ``knowest.''
Kydde
Kythe \Kythe\, Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. Kydde, Kidde (k[i^]d"de); p. p. Kythed, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[eth]en, to make known, AS. c[=y][eth]an, fr. c[=u][eth] known. [root]45. See Uncouth, Can to be able, and cf. Kith.] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. or Scot.]
For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse.
--Chaucer.