gyve
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- ungyved adjective
Etymology
Origin of gyve
1175–1225; Middle English give < ?
Example Sentences
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And every yere I woll thee gyve Twenty marke to thy fee.’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank
Item, I gyve and bequeath to my saied daughter Judith my broad silver gilt bole.
From The Facts About Shakespeare by Nielson, William Allan
"Say, rather, to melt the iron links which gyve soul to body," said Clifton, in constrained articulation, through which a moaning undertone seemed ever trying to be heard.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various
L. If this be all the prayse you can gyve him, you will no more offend me with tediousnes.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
Nay, no gyve, no touch, was laid on me!
From The Bacchae of Euripides by Euripedes
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