jan 1, 1571 - kye
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An obsolete dialect plural of cow. 1520 <i> my household stuff, my meire, my kye, shepe and hay </i>, Heptonstall (Clay56); 1554 <i> Item a kupple of oxen with iiij kye </i>, South Cave (Kaner48); 1571 <i> Item, 6 kye and a little whye, a calf and 2 stottes £8 10s 8d </i>, Elmswell (DW233).
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