kith and kynne

Middle English

Noun

kith and kynne (plural noun)

  1. kith and kin: both friends and family.
    • late 14th century, John Gower, Confessio Amantis, Book V‎[1]:
      First she made hym the flees to wynne:
      And after that from kith and kynne,
      With great treasore with hym she stale:
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