- a variation of gi.
gie
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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“O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us/ To see oursels as others see us!”
From Slate ● May 15, 2015
Last week in Carne gie Hall he played Beethoven's Sonata No. 18 in E flat with the same lithe rhythms and robust tone that brought him fame in the first place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh wad some power the giftie gie us.
From Time Magazine Archive
I asked that he should gie me lodging for the nicht.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
“If yeh dress et for us, Oi’ll gie ye four jots,” I said, knowing it to be a generous price.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Many’s the fat buck I hae carried in theer, afore Sir Marmaduke took a notion I stealed his deer, an’ gied me the sack from lookin’ after them.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
And wi' that he gied me a pu' by the jacket, that maist garred me fa' on the deck.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
Old Pontyn said, "My son-in-law need na treat I ill, for I niver gied un no publication for it."
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
“What hae ye dune wi’ the notes, Tam, that the lang chield up by there gied ye?
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
It wasna sae in the time when Gawin Elliot that Glenfernie draws frae was hanged for gieing us that word!
From Foes by Mary Johnston
Na, na, a' wesna feared o' that when a' examined yon man gieing oot the Psalm, but a' didna like his een.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Ian Maclaren
Ay, ay, ye look pitifu’ and ye can lift a head and shake up a pillow without gieing a body’s neck a thraw.
From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by G. H. (George Henry) Edwards
I thort I kud a made up for it, by gieing ye somethin’ ye mout a liked better.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
I hae just a shilling of this gentleman's gieing, and a boddle of my ain; and ye wunna, bend your will sae muckle as to take up the siller that's flung at your feet!
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
I believe 'at gien the verra deevil himsel' had been wi' me sae lang, I wadna hae the hert to turn him aboot his ill business.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
The baldheid's leadin' them a', I tellt ye he'd——Na, he's gien up! it'll be the little block fellow, he's peckin' up tairible!
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
The Word o’ the Lord must be gien to men, as long as men people the earth.”
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
"Ow weel, gien that be a', I'll see efter that wi' the marchioness."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
An' we're baith in the richt o't too, for they've jist gien him the bit red flag—that means he's got firsst prize.
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
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