"kire" meaning in Middle English

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          "text": "Þe wælwillendæ Scyppend let hyre habban hire a3ene cyres 3eweald. — Homilies in MS Bodley"
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          "text": "Ghe knew wel ðe faderes kire."
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          "text": "Bigamie is unkinde ðing, On engleis tale, twie-wifing; for ai was rigt and kire bi-forn, On man, on wif, til he was boren."
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          "text": "God heo geworhte wlitigum englen gecynde & let hi habben agenne cyre."
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          "text": "Ghe knew wel ðe faderes kire."
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