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▪ I. kae, n.1 north. dial. and Sc.|ke|
Forms: 4–6 ka, 5 kaa, 6 ca, kay, ke, 5, 8– kae.
[Northern form of ME. Co, corresponding to MDu. ca, ka(e (Du. ka), OHG. chaha, châ (MHG. kâ), Da. kaa, Norw. kaae. The direct source may have been an ON. *ká, kǫ́. Cf. chough.]
A jackdaw. Also fig.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1539 Some gas hypand als a ka. c1450Holland Howlat 191 Crawis and Cais, that cravis the corne. 1483Cath. Angl. 200/1 Ka (A. Kae), monedula. 1535Lyndesay Satyre 5241 direct., An Crow or ane Ke salbe castin vp, as it war his saull. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 450 Kayis and piottis, clekit thair birdis in winter. 1786Burns Earnest Cry & Prayer xxiv, In spite o' a' the thievish kaes That haunt St. Jamie's! 1876Smiles Sc. Natur. ii. (ed. 4) 25 At last he brought with him..a Kae, or jackdaw.
b. Comb., as kae-witted a.
1837R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 104 He maun been but a kae-witted bodie!
▪ II. kae, n.2
[Imitative.]
The cry of a jackdaw.
1850Zoologist VIII. 2913 The well known kae of the jackdaw.
▪ III. kae
variant of ka v. Obs. |