[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kythe \kythe\, kithe \kithe\ kimacth, v. t. imp. kydde,
   kidde ki^d"de; p. p. kythed, kid; p. pr.  vb. n.
   kything. oe. kythen, kithen, cuethen, to make known,
   as. c=yethan, fr. c=ueth known. root45. see
   uncouth, can to be able, and cf. kith.
   to make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. obs. or
   scot.
   1913 webster

         for gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse.    --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
kydde kidde kythed kything uncouth can 
kith 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kythe \kythe\, v. t.
   to come into view; to appear. scot.
   1913 webster

         it kythes bright . . . because all is dark around it.
                                                  --sir w.
                                                  scott.
   1913 webster

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