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 dæȝen.