gyve

[ jahyv ]

/ dʒaɪv /

Archaic.

noun

Usually gyves. a shackle, especially for the leg; fetter.

verb (used with object), gyved, gyv·ing.

to shackle.

Nearby words

Origin of gyve

1175–1225; Middle English give < ?

Related formsun·gyved, adjective

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Examples from the Web for gyve

But the man, when his gyve spoke, spat and struck at Jack, and threw stones at him as he went away; so that his head was broken.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI|Robert Louis Stevenson
To lack is to gyve pow'r to thee daemon; and surelie to fayvor the Evill Thynge.'
Carnacki, The Ghost Finder|William Hope Hodgson
She sought for chains to gyve about her soul and, in her relationship with Traill, she fondly dreamed that she had found them.
Sally Bishop|E. Temple Thurston
If this be all the prayse you can gyve him, you will no more offend me with tediousnes.
The Curiosities of Heraldry|Mark Antony Lower

Allso I gyve and bequethe to every house that hath no teeme in the paryche of Aston, to every house iiiid.
Shakespeare's Family|Mrs. C. C. Stopes

British Dictionary definitions for gyve

gyve

/ (dʒaɪv) archaic /

verb

(tr) to shackle or fetter

noun

(usually plural) fetters

Word Origin for gyve

C13: of unknown origin

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