gyve

American  

[jahyv] / dʒaɪv /

noun

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

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verb (used with object)

gyved, gyving

1. to shackle.

gyve British  

/ dʒaɪv /

verb

1. (tr) to shackle or fetter

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noun

1. (usually plural) fetters

Other Word Forms

• ungyved adjective

Etymology

Origin of gyve

1175–1225; Middle English give < ?

Example Sentences

‘Though ye wolde gyve a thousand more, Yet were ye never the nere; Shal there never be myn heyre Abbot, justice, ne frere.’

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Whereof I coulde produce infynyte examples; but I will gyve you onlye these fewe for a taste.

From Animaduersions uppon the annotacions and corrections of some imperfections of impressiones of Chaucer's workes 1865 edition by Kingsley, G. H. (George Henry)

‘Sith ye wol nat dyne,’ sayde Litell John, ‘I shall gyve you to drinke; And though ye lyve an hundred wynter, On Lytel Johnn ye shall thinke.’

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Ours—its force to till the earth;   Ours—its soul to gyve and mock!

From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Crawford, Isabella Valancy

Here was obviously the Junius of democracy, for whom the only effective answer was the gag and gyve.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland