A Concise Dictionary of Middle English Part 121

+Iuwise+, _sb._ judgment, PP; +iuwyse+, CM, C; +iewise+, HD; +iewis+, PP; +iuyse+, C3; +iuise+, HD.--AF. _juise_; Lat. _iudicium_.

K.

+K-+; see also under +C-+.

+Kacherel+, _sb._ bailiff, S2; see +Cacherel+.

+Kaerf+, _pt. s._ cut, carved, S; see +Keruen+.

+Kairen+, _v._ to go, P; see +Kayren+.

+Kaiser+, _sb._ Caesar, emperor; +cayser+, MD; +caysere+, MD; +caisere+, MD; +kaysere+, S; +kayser+, S2; +keiser+, S; +keysar+, S3.--Cp. Goth.

_kaisar_; Lat. _Caesar_.

+Kale+, _sb._ cabbage, cale, H; see +Cole+.

+Karf+, _pt. s._ cut, S; see +Keruen+.

+Kateyl+, _sb._ property, S2; see +Catel+.

+Kayren+, _v._ to go, move oneself, S2, MD; +kairen+, P; +cair+, to drive backward and forwards, JD.--Icel. _keyra_, to impel, drive.

+Kechyn+, _sb._ kitchen, S2; see +Kuchene+.

+Kedde+, _pt._ made known, S; see +Kythen+.

+Kele+, _v._ to cool, W, S2, H, PP.--AS. _celan_.

+Keling+, _sb._ a large kind of cod, MD, HD, S2 (s.v. _lobbe_); +kelynge+, MD; +keeling+, JD.--Cp. Icel. _keila_, 'gadus.'

+Kemben+, _v._ to comb, S, C2, PP; +kemyn+, Prompt.; +kempt+, _pp._, MD.--AS. _cemban_. See +Combe+.

+Kemelyn+, _sb._ tub, CM.

+Kempe+, _sb._ warrior, S, MD, Cath.--AS. _cempa_, Icel. _kempa_: OHG.

_chemphio_, also _kempho_ (Tatian); Late Lat. _campio_, from Lat.

_campus_. See +Camp+.

+Kempe+, _adj._ s.h.a.ggy, rough, C, CM; +campe+, C (p. 155), EETS (1).

+Kempster+, _sb. f._ flax-comber, Palsg.; +kemster+, Voc. See +Kemben+.

+Ken+, _sb. pl._ cows, S2; see +Cow+.

+Kende+, _adj._ natural, kind, S2; see +Kynde+.

+Kende+, _sb._ race, kind, S2; see +Kynde+.

+Kendeliche+, _adv._ naturally, S2; see +Kyndely+.

+Kendlen+, _v._; see +Kindlen+.

+Kene+, _adj._ bold, keen, sharp, Prompt., S, C2; +keyn+, MD; +kenre+, _comp._, MD; +kennest+, _superl._, MD.--AS. _cene_; OTeut. *_koni_; cp.

OHG. _kuani_ (Otfrid), _chuoni_.

+Kenne+, _sb. dat._ kin, S, S2; see +Kyn+.

+Kennen+, _v._ to beget, engender, to bring forth, to be born, MD, PP; +y-kend+, _pp._, S2; +kenned+, MD.--AS. _cennan_, to beget, conceive, bring forth; OS. _kennian_, to beget, causal from OTeut. root KAN, to generate, see Kluge (s.v. _kina_).

+Kennen+, _v._ to show, declare, teach, S2, PP, SkD (s.v. _ken_), Prompt., H; +kende+, _pt. s._, S2.--AS. _cennan_, to make to know: Goth.

_kannjan_ = *_kannian_, causal of OTeut. KANN, base of *KONNAN, to know.

+Kennen+, _v._ to know, SkD. (s.v. _ken_); +ken+, S3, JD; +kend+, _pt.

pl._, S3; +kend+, _pp._, S3.--Icel. _kenna_, to know. See above.

+Keoruen+, _v._ to carve, S; see +Keruen+.

+Kepe+, _sb._ heed, S2, S3, C2; +kep+, S3.

+Kepen+, _v._ to keep, mark, observe, regard, S, S2, S3, C2; +keped+, _pt. s._, S2; +kipte+, S2.--AS. _cepan_, later form of _cpan_ (= _ceapian_), see Sievers, 97.

[[Addition:]] AS. _cepan_, to keep, should be kept quite distinct from AS. _cpan_, to sell. AS. _cpan_ is the phonetic representative of OTeut. _kaupjan_, whereas _cepan_, to keep, represents an OTeut.

*_kopjan_. Cp. E. _keen_, the representative of AS. _cene_, OTeut.

*_koni_ (G. _kuhn_). See Kluge's note in P. & B. Beitrage, viii. 538.

+Keppen+, _sb. pl._ caps, S; see +Cappe+.

+Kernel+, _sb._ a loophole in a fortress, a battlement, PP; +crenelle+, HD; +kyrnellis+, _pl._, S3; +kirnelis+, PP.--OF. _crenel_, from _cren_ (_cran_), a notch; Lat. _crena_.

+Kerneled+, _adj._ furnished with battlements, P.

+Kertel+, _sb._; see +Kirtel+.

+Keruen+, _v._ to carve, MD, Prompt., S, C2; +keoruen+, MD, S; +caerf+, _pt. s._, MD; +kaerf+, S; +kerf+, MD; +karf+, MD, S; +carf+, C2; +curuen+, _pl._, MD; +coruen+, _pp._, MD, S3, C; +icoruen+, S3; +y-coruen+, S3, C3; +y-koruen+, C2; +i-koruen+, S; +kerued+, S3.--AS.

_ceorfan_, pt. _cearf_ (pl. _curfon_), pp. _corfen_.

+Kesse+, _v._ to kiss, S, C2; see +Cussen+.

+Keste+, _v._ to cast, S2; see +Casten+.

+Kete+, _adj._ bold, lively, gay, powerful, MD, S2, PP; +ket+, irascible, JD.--Cp. Icel. _katr_, merry, Dan. _kaad_.

+Kete-lokes+, _sb. pl._ trefoil, H; see +Cat-cluke+.

+Keuel+, _sb._ a bit for a horse, a gag, a small piece of wood used in casting lots, MD, H, S; +kevyl+, Prompt.; +cavel+, JD; +kevelles+, _pl._, MD; +caflis+, MD, JD.--Icel. _kefli_.

+Keueren+, _v._ to recover one's health, MD, PP; +keuord+, _pt. s._, H; see +Coveren+.