cyþan

From Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan (“to make known”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkyː.θɑn/,

cȳþan

1. to make known: tell, inform, announce, reveal, let know
   • 725. Corpus Glossary (1150). Intimandum to cȳðenne.
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Innocents"

     Farað ardlice, and befrīnað be ðam cilde, and þonne ġē hit ġemētað, cȳðað mē, þæt ic māge mē tō him ġebiddan.

     Go instantly, and inquire concerning the child, and when ye find it, let me know, that I may worship him.

   • 1000. West Saxon Gospels (John, xvii. 26). Ic him cyðde ðinne naman & gyt wylle cyþan.
2. to declare
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface"

     Eft cwæð se Ælmihtiga to þam witegan Isaiam, "Clypa and ne geswic ðu, ahefe þine stemne swā swā byme, and cȳð minum folce heora leahtras, and Iacobes hirede heora synna."

     Again the Almighty spake to the prophet Isaiah, "Cry and cease thou not, raise thy voice as a trumpet, and declare to my people their crimes, and to the family of Jacob their sins."

3. to state
   • c. 9-10th century, Bede, "Preface"

     7 þæt ðȳ læs twēoġe hwæðer þis sōð sȳ, ic cȳðe hwanan mē þās spell cōman.

     And that there may be the less doubt whether this be true, I will state the sources of my narrative.

• An alternative past tense stem of cȳdd- also occurs.

• cennan

• ācȳþan
• forcȳþan
• ġecȳþan
• ofcȳþan
• ofercȳþan

• Middle English: kiþen, cüthen, kithen
  • English: kithe
  • Scots: kythe