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
But would ye no gie us a loan o’ your hob to heat our wee tin o’ beans before we go?”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
“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
She at length yielded to their solicitations, and gied him her hand; but she was candid enough to confess to him, that her affection couldna accompany it, though her respect and duty should.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
As soon as they'd finished their breakfast, the leddy took oot a bonny silken purse, that looked as if it wad burst, and gied Nance a piece o' gowd.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
But what did appear odd, an' gied me a start too, wor my seein' a boat by the sloop's side wi' a man in it, who I could a'most sweared wor the Rogue's Ferry priest.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
Why, if it had a been a woman eyther fallin' over or flung, she'd ha' gied tongue a second time—ay, a good many times—'fore getting silenced.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
“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
He was gieing his horse a drink when I met him, and he let me tell him his fortune.
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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 Scott, Walter, Sir
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 Maclaren, Ian
He hadna a yearly income like Thomas Elliot; and, strange to say, he got the blame of gieing him a howff at Luckie Riddle's.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 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 Johnston, Mary
Weel, neist morning, the leddy waukens up, and cries to Nance that 'twas time for her to tak the road; but Nance wadna hear tell o't till she had gien her her breakfast.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
It is no muckle worth: but ye should na look a gien horse in the moo’.—Yours ever, R. L. Stevenson.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
She's taen him in her arms twa, And gien him kisses thorough,50 And wi' her tears she bath'd his wounds, Upo' the braes o' Yarrow.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
If McRankine had told me the like, I’d have gien him the lie to his face.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Snooks for one, I think; for he gave a great loud vulgar haw! haw! haw! and said, “I could ha’ gien him a charakter.”
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard
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