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gifan.
Add
:--
Doto,
-as,
dono
vel
gifu,
Wrt.
Voc.
ii.
142,
l.
Geben
(gibaen,
Ep.
Gl.)
wæs
inpendebatur,
Txts.
71,
1086.
I.
to
give
a
thing
as
a
present
:--
Se
wela
þe
se
cyning
gifþ
his
deórlingum.
Bt.
29,
1
;
F.
102,
3.
Þ
.
sealdest
m
wilna
geniht.
For
þan
þ
ne
þearft
sceamiaii
.
.
.
þæs
þ
m
geáfe,
Seel.
149.
H
geaf
m
sinc
and
symbel,
B.
2431
:
2173.
N
n
man
ne
sylle
nn
hors
ofer
s
,
btan
h
hit
gifan
wille,
Ll.
Th.
i.
208,
19.
Geafendum
mi
ingum
oblatis
muneribus,
Mt.
p.
14,
II.
to
grant,
confer
an
honour,
a
privilege,
office,
favour,
&c.
:--
Se
anweald
þe
h
gifþ
his
deórlingum,
Bt.
29,
I
;
F.
102,
3.
Gif
man
his
mæn
freóls
gefe,
Ll.
Th.
i.
38,
15.
Þpingie
h
on
þm
ceápgilde
.
.
.
nht
on
þm
w
te,
btan
hit
s
gifan
wille
e
hit
t
gebyrige,
210,
18.
H
scolde
heom
one
pallium
gifan,
Chr.
995
;
P.
130,
34.
II
a.
to
give
credit,
confidence,
affection,
&c.
:--
Þæs
cyninges
gefrrden
þe
h
gfþ
his
deórlingum,
Bt.
29,
1
;
F.
102,
3.
Gif
bisenum
lufu
is
t
gefanne
si
exemplar
ibus
fides
est
adhibita.
Mt.
p.
I.
12.
III.
of
superhuman
power.
Cf.
gifeþe
:--
Þ,
Drihten,
forgeáfe
þm
swlum
eard
on
hiofonum
and
him
þr
UNCERTAIN
gifst
weorþlice
gifa,
Bt.
33,
4
;
F.
132,
19.
Be
æs
andgites
me
e
God
s
gifþ,
42
;
F.
256,
4.
God
dm
gife
gumena
gehwylcum,
An.
1153.
Giefe,
Cri.
674
:
Crä.
112.
Of
þm
htum
þe
ic
eów
on
eoran
geaf,
Cri.
1502
:
1382.
Drihten
þm
werude
geaf
md
and
mihte,
Dan.
13.
Dryhten
hyre
weormynde
geaf,
Jud.
343
:
An.
317
:
El.
365.
Hwæt
hæfst
æt
þm
gifum
þe
cwist
seó
wyrd
eów
gife?,
Bt.
13
;
F.
38,
5.
Him
weore
bld
gifen,
Cri.
878.
Gyfen,
B.
64.
III
a.
used
in
the
expression
of
a
wish
:--
Se
ælmihtiga
God
him
gife
wurscipe,
Chr.
1085;
P.
217,
13.]
Þ
Meotud
wist
gife,
An.
388.
III
b.
used
absolutely:--
Ðæt
is
his
weorþscipe
h
sw
gifol
is,
and
sw
rmedlce
gif,
Bt.
38,
3;
F.
202,
14.
Simle
h
biþ
gifende,
and
ne
wanaþ
his
nfre
nuht,
42;
F.
258,
5.
¶
to
give
to
do
something,
grant
:--
Heó
wæs
gelded,
gifendum
Drihtne
and
scyldendum,
t
m
munuchde,
Gr.
D.
199,
18.
IV.
to
assign
the
future
ownership
of
property,
be-queath
:--
S
þe
land
gewerod
hæbbe
.
.
.
,
hæbbe
h
unbesacen
on
dæge
and
æfter
dæge
t
syllenne
and
t
gifenne
þm
þe
him
leófast
s
,
Ll.
Th.
i.
420,
22.
V.
to
give
in
marriage
:--
Geaf
Æþelwulf
cyning
his
dohtor
Burgrde,
Chr.
853
;
P.
66,
2.
Þ
þ
heó
befleáh
þm
gesettan
gyfte
.
.
.
in
þm
h
man
gifan
wolde
dum
constitutis
jam
nuptiis
.
.
.
fugisset,
Gr.
D.
199,
16.
VI.
to
deliver,
hand
to
a
person;
to
give
food
:--
Þ
wæs
gylden
hylt
gamelum
rince
on
hand
gyfen,
B.
1678.
Gif
man
his
heówum
in
fæsten
flsc
gefe,
Ll.
Th.
i.
40,
9.
.
VII.
to
give
into
the
hands
of,
handover
to
possess
or
to
keep,
consign,
commit,
entrust
:--
H
(hine)
lton
holm
beran,
geáfon
on
grsecg,
B.
49.
&A-long;gife
(gyfe,
v.
l.)
man
þm
genfrgean
his
gen,
Ll.
Th.
i.
390,
7.
Þeáh
him
eall
sié
þes
middangeard
on
ht
gifen,
Met.
16,
10.
VIII.
to
give
in
discharge
of
obligation,
pay
:--
Him
eallum
wile
Drihten
dædleán
gyfan,
Exod.
263.
IX.
to
give
to
a
superior,
pay
a
tax,
due
(religious
or
secular),
make
an
offering
:--
Gef
ing
bebeád
Myses
offer
munus
quod
praecepit
Moses,
Mt.
L.
8,
4:
Mk.
L.
l,
44.
Gif
se
Fræncisca
by
ofer-cuman,
h
gyfe
þm
cynge
.III.
pund,
Ll.
Th.
i.
489,
17.
Ðing
t
geaf-anne
munus
offerendum,
Mt.
p.
14,
13.
X.
to
give
up
to,
devote,
consign
:--
Ic
h
ne
sparige,
ac
on
spild
giefe,
Jul.
85.
H
Waldend
giefe
feóndum
in
forwyrd,
Cri.
1614.
XI.
where
the
object
is
a
trans-active
act
considered
as
given
by
the
agent
and
received
by
the
person
or
thing
affected
:--
Þonne
swa
h
and
hlyst
gefe,
Ph.
143.
Eów
miltse
giefe
fæder
ælmihtig,
Jul.
657.
Him
se
hæle
geaf
giestlnysse,
Gen.
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