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
Oh wad some power the giftie gie us.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
“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
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
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
Then she gied them the beer and the wine, And they gied her the ginger; But she gied them a far better thing,15 The goud ring aff her finger.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne
Seein this, and seein, at the same time, the ludicrousness o' the struggle, his lordship at length gied in, and returned to his seat.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
“Sartinly, Master: else how could I ha’ gied her the packidge?
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
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
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
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 Reid, Mayne
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
Ye maunna tak it ill, my lord," said Peter, "gien the laads be ta'en aback wi' the news.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
He has louted him o'er the dizzy crag, And gien the monster kisses ane; Awa she gaed, and again she cam.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
"It will be an unreasonable request I winna grant to ane wha has gien me my ain price," replied the farmer.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
In such reflections as thae did I expend the impatient feelin that the loss o' the coach, an' the recollection o' certain ither sma' incidents, with which the reader is acquainted, had gien rise to.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
It willed that the lave o' the gear should be gien to the puir o' the parish; for nane o' the twa folk that laid claim to it had the shadow o' a richt.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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