cuthe

cuthe
cuthe
early form of kythe.

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  • could — [16] Could began life as cūthe, the past tense of Old English cunnan ‘can’. By Middle English times this had become couthe, and in the 14th century it developed to coude under the influence of the standard past tense ending (e)de. The l was… …   Word origins

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