_K. Horn_, 1208.
_Kypte_ heore longe knyues, and slowe faste to gronde.
_Rob. Glouc._ p. 125.
_Kept up_, snatcht up, Gl. R. Br. Jamieson derives the word from Su.-G.
_kippa_, to take anything violently. V. in v. _Kip._ Ihre quotes the
Icel. _kipti up_ = snatched up.
Kirke, _n._ S. church, 1132, 1355. _Kirkes_, _pl._ 2583. V. Gl. Lynds.
and Jam.
Kiste. _See_ Chiste.
Kiste, _pa. t. s._ kissed, 1279. _Kisten_, _pa. t. pl._ S. kissed, 2162.
Kiwing, _n._ 1736. [Respecting this word I can only record my conviction
that it is not safe to quote it, as the MS. is indistinct. I read the
word as _kilþing_, which I believe to be merely miswritten for _ilk
þing_ (which the scribe also spells _il þing_), and I suppose the sense
of the line to be-- "when they had there distributed _everything_."]
Knaue, _n._ S. lad, 308, 409, 450, &c. Attendant, servant, 458. _Cokes
knaue_, scullion, 1123.
Heore cokes & heore _cnaues_
Alle heo duden of lif dæ[gh]en.
_La[gh]am._ l. 13717.