pa. pple. and ppl. a. Obs. Forms: 1 ʓecyd, 2 ʓekyd, 3 ikud(d, 3–4 icud(de, 3–5 ykud, 4–5 ykid(de, ykyd, 5 ykyde, (4 ykudde, ycud, ikid, yked, ikedde). [OE. ʓecýd, contracted pa. pple. of cýþan, ʓecýþan: see KID ppl. a. and KITHE v.] Made known; hence, well known, renowned: sometimes (like YCORE) a vague epithet of commendation.
a. 1100. in Leg. Rood (1871), 3. Þa wearð hit sona þam mæran constantine þam kasere ʓecyd.
a. 1122. O. E. Chron. (Laud MS.), an. 1093. Se cyng … wæs ofer eall dead ʓekyd.
c. 1205. Lay., 24671. Þat nan lauerd taken nolde … Næuer nænne cniht,… Bute he icostned weoren Þrie inne compe, & his oht-scipen icudde.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 1295. Italde bi tale, fif siðe tene, icudde & icorene. Ibid., 1933. O icudd keiser!
c. 1315. Shoreham, I. 633. Bote wanne þer hys o þyng yked, An oþer to onderstonde Þerinne.
13[?]. K. Alis., 3359 (Linc. Inn MS.). Y say Darie … Þat he was god knyȝt y kud.
1340–70. Alex. & Dind., 64. Þe king cortais i-kid cofliche saide.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. IV. 140. Bote he beo A Cokewold I-kore [MS. H. ykyd] cut of boþe myn Eres!
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 4344. Y schal … haue wyþ me of ȝour knyȝtes .V. hundred gode y-kudde.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XIII. 196. A confessour ykud [MSS. M., T. i-kid] that counteþ nat a ruysshe Fere, ne famyne, ne false menne tonges.
14[?]. K. Sol. Bk. Wisd., 78. Wisdom yheled, litel is worþ oiþer treuþ ihyd; Bot boþe þai wexen swiþe ȝif þai ben y-kyd.
