gie

[ gee ]

/ gi /

verb (used with or without object), gied, gied or gien [geen] /gin/, gie·ing. Chiefly Scot.

Nearby words

gideon, gideon bible, gideons, gideons international, gidgee, gie, gielgud, gielgud, sir john, giemsa chromosome banding stain, giemsa stain, gien

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Examples from the Web for gien

This was precisely what she did at Gien, when she saw women of ill-fame awaiting the King's men.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
The fiddle was gien to me by Leddy Gowan, and I daurna pairt wi't.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various
She hasna the brains noo, gien ever she bed them, to guide hersel.
Heather and Snow|George MacDonald
Dinna be sair vext wi' me, sir: I canna help bein glaid that I had him, and to tyne him has gien me an unco sair hert!
Salted With Fire|George MacDonald

Fifty miles to the eastward of Gien was the town of Auxerre.
Joan of Arc|Lucy Foster Madison

British Dictionary definitions for gien

gie

/ (ɡiː) /

verb

a Scot word for give

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