Kythe

{ Kythe, Kithe (kīth) }, v. t. [imp. Kydde, Kidde (kĭd"de); p. p. Kythed (?), Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cuðen, to make known, AS. cȳðan, fr. cūð known. √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.

Kythe, v. t. To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]

It kythes bright . . . because all is dark around it.
Sir W. Scott.