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
I had a word or two with that theer ’un, whiles ye war a writin’ him out his answer; an’ he gied me a consid’rable insight into theer way o’ translatin’ the Scripter.
From The White Gauntlet 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
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
Seed her; gied her the packidge; an’ sayed, what you told me to say.”
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
Settin’ it in the sod o’ her grave gied me a comfort I can’t describe to ye.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
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
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
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 was gieing his 65 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 dinna see how that can be, if ye begin by gieing maybe the feck o' twal shillings Scots for your supper; but young folks are aye venturesome, and think to get siller that way.
From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Scott, Walter, Sir
"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
But deil may care—wad ye believe it?—it was gien against us here, too, cast wi' a' expenses.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 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
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
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
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