K.

Kaite, sb. == a dresser of wool. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. (Halliwell)

Kaldhed, sb. == coldness. Ps. lxv. 12

Kambe, sb. See Comb

Kan, == to know. See Con

Kaske, adj. == lively, fierce. HD. 1841. ON. kaskr

Kayn, sb. == thane. HD. 31, 1327. Cf. ‘cake’ and ‘cate;’ ‘wake,’ ‘watch,’ and ‘wait’

Keen, adj. RG. 496

Keep, v. n. == care. RG. 177, 191

—— == take heed [ikeep]. O. and N. 1226

—— v. a. == observe, watch for. Wright’s L. P. p. 35

—— == receive or get. Body and Soul, 40

—— == protect; part. ‘kepande.’ Ps. cxlvi. 6

—— sb. == heed, caution. Wright’s L. P. p. 103. Ps. lxxix. 2

Keft, part. == caught. HD. 2005. AS. cépan

Kelyng, sb. == a small cod. HD. 757. ON. keila

Keme, v. a. == comb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Ken, v. a. == discern. Body and Soul, 54

—— == inform. 31 β

—— == to ask. Marg. 24. AS. cunnan

Ken, v. a. == beget. Wright’s L. P. p. 36; part. ‘kumed’ [kunned ?]. Creed of St Athan. 46. AS. cennan

Kete, adj. == bright, fierce. Fragm. Sci. 262, used of the sun’s rays. ON. katr, glad; cf. the Gr. χαροπός and Χάρων from χαρά

Kettle, sb. == pot. Ps. cvii. 10

Kever, v. a. == recover. RG. 392

Keverchief, sb. Pilate, 126

Kevil, sb. == a bit, bridle. Ps. xxxi. 9. AS. cæfli

Key, sb. RG. 539, 562. AS. cæg

Kin, sb. == relations. RG. 13; [kunne]. RG. 367

Kind, sb. == kin. RG. 91

Kind, sb. == nature. RG. 45; [icunde]. O. and N. 1381

—— == species [kun]. O. and N. 886

Kindle, v. a. == inflame. HD. 915; Ps. xvii. 9. ON. kynda

—— v. a. == beget. Alys. 5680

Kindred, sb. == affinity. RG. 466. [kemrede]

—— == relations. RG. 15; [cumraden]. Marg. 10

King, sb. RG. 371, 372

Kingdom, sb. RG. 372, 414

Kingless, adj. RG. 105

Kinsman, sb. RG. 343

Kippe, v. a. == catch up, clutch. RG. 125. HD. 2407. ON. kippa. AS. cépan

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 hell. AS. cyf

Kiwing, == carving? HD. 1736. Or may it not be ‘the chewing’ from AS. ‘cíwung,’ i. e. the meat to be chewed or eaten?

Knarr, sb. == a rock? O. and N. 999. Dan. knort, a knur, or knob. ON. gnúpr, 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. cníf

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. Cracoke, 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

Kyneȝerde, sb. == king’s sceptre. Pol. S. 215

Kythe, v. a. == make known. Wright’s L. P. p. 91. AS. cýðan

—— v. n. == listen? or ‘be silent’? Wright’s L. P. p. 94, possibly a mistake for ‘lythe’