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gyve

[ jahyv ]

noun

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


verb (used with object)

, gyved, gyv·ing.
  1. to shackle.

gyve

/ dʒaɪv /

verb

  1. tr to shackle or fetter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. usually plural fetters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • un·gyved adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gyve1

1175–1225; Middle English give < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gyve1

C13: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

“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.”

What, shulde the yong nunnes gyve voices?

And aftir, with our hostis wyff, in hir parlour rowe, I wol gyve ȝewe the wine, and yee shull me also: ffor tyll wee go to soper, wee have nauȝt ellis to do.”

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

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

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