giefan
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[edit] Old English
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
Proto-Germanic *gebanan, probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰ- (compare Latin habeō). Cognate with Old Frisian jeva, Old High German geban (German geben), Old Saxon geƀan (Dutch geven), Old Norse gefa (Swedish giva), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈjievan/
[edit] Verb
ġiefan (strong class V) (ġiefþ ‘he gives’; ġeaf ‘he gave’; ġēafon ‘they gave’; ġeġiefen ‘given’)
- to give
