gien

See also: Gien

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nehw ainaz (“nor one”). Cognate with Dutch geen.

Numeral

gien

1. no, none

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Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

gien (verbal noun gientyn, past participle giennit)

1. to generate

Derived terms

• aaghien (“to regenerate”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gien	ghien	ngien
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch gian, from Proto-West Germanic *jehan.

Verb

gien

1. to declare
2. to admit, to acknowledge

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “ghiën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gien”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Scots

Verb

gien

1. past participle of gie

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Yola

Verb

gien

1. past participle of gee
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 18:

     Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,

     We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114