gie

[ gee ]

/ gi /

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verb (used with or without object), gied, gied or gien

[geen], /gin/, gie·ing.Chiefly Scot.

give.

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How to use gie in a sentence

Naebody sees him but me, but I see him gien me the look he promised.
A Window in Thrums|J. M. Barrie
Kanga, Mangree, and Gien; three undetermined vocabularies of the "Mithridates."
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
While he was putting the plate down under the settle Mr. Traill heard an amazed whisper "He's gien the doggie a chuckie bane."
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
And Dunois is unable to state that Troyes was the first stage in the army's march from Gien.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France

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

British Dictionary definitions for gie

gie

/ (ɡiː) /

verb

a Scot word for give

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