gyve

American

[jahyv] / dʒaɪv /

noun

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

verb (used with object)

gyved, gyving

to shackle.

gyve British

/ dʒaɪv /

verb

(tr) to shackle or fetter

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noun

(usually plural) fetters

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Other Word Forms

ungyved adjective

Etymology

Origin of gyve

1175–1225; Middle English give < ?

Example Sentences

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“Well,” said the Prioress, “some of thies yong Nunnes be to blame,” and on the director asking why, she replied: “For they wolde not shewe me so muche; for I asked diverse of them before this day to whome they wolde gyve their voices, but they wolde not shewe me.”

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What, shulde the yong nunnes gyve voices?

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And it is the opynyon of moni men that an herod of armis may gyve armys.

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L. If this be all the prayse you can gyve him, you will no more offend me with tediousnes.

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In the early days Brown was hyphenated to Smith with a gyve.

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