gyve
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
verb
noun
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Etymology
Origin of gyve
1175–1225; Middle English give < ?
Example Sentences
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He afterwards proceeded into Connaught, where Conchobhar, son of Tadhg, came to meet him, "but no gyve or lock was put upon him."
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
Scarlok stode full stil and loughe, And sayd, ‘By God Almyght, Johnn may gyve hym gode mesure, For it costeth hym but lyght.’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank
Or sus lev�s uous, je regarderay uos lettres, puis je uous gyve you an answere. donerai responsse.
From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Du Wés, Giles
Allso I gyve and bequethe to every house that hath no teeme in the paryche of Aston, to every house iiiid.
From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)
She sought for chains to gyve about her soul and, in her relationship with Traill, she fondly dreamed that she had found them.
From Sally Bishop A Romance by Thurston, E. Temple (Ernest Temple)
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