gie

[ gee ]

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

When Leeby gies ye a kick aneath the table that'll be a sign to ye to say grace.
A Window in Thrums | J. M. Barrie
Often she exclaimed with solemn fervency, "The gift I hae is fae aboon, an' what He gies daurna be hidit."
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant
Or′gies, riotous secret rites observed in the worship of Bacchus.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various
And this is what they ca' explaining—the tane gies up a bit, and the tither gies up a bit, and a' friends again.
Rob Roy, Volume 1., Illustrated | Sir Walter Scott
No that she's onything but perfecly reasonable, and gies never a grain o' trouble!
Salted With Fire | George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for gie

gie

/ (ɡiː) /

verb

a Scot word for give

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