gie
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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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
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
I asked that he should gie me lodging for the nicht.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
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
"O Margaret, dear Margaret, I pray ye speak to me;30 O gie me back my faith and troth, As dear as I gied it thee."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 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
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
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
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
But ye hae naething to fear; I will be as mim in the castle as ye wad be if gieing Florence yer hand in the kirk.”
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Alexander Leighton
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
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
She had come o' decent, 'sponsible people, though they were a' low aneugh the day—ay, an' they were God-fearing people, too, wha had gien plenty in their time, and had aye plenty to gie.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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 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
David was confounded at this treatment; but, as Jenny had gien him nae time to mak ony remark for her edification, he made ane or twa for his ain.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
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