gie

See also: giê, ġie, giẻ, and gi'e

Middle English

Pronoun

gie

1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of ye

References

• “ye, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 May 2018.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji͜y/

Adverb

ġie

1. Alternative form of ġēa

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
• (Puter, Vallader) schi

Etymology

From Latin sic.

Adverb

gie

1. (Sursilvan) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
• (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai

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Scots

Alternative forms

• geve, gewe, gif, gyf, gefe

Etymology

From Middle English given, geven, gifen, from Old Norse gefa.

Verb

gie (third-person singular simple present gies, present participle giein, simple past gied, past participle gied or gien)

1. To give.

   Gie us a brak. ― Give us a break.

   • 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Wandering Willie's Tale (in Redgauntlet)

     “Here, Dougal,” said the laird, “gie Steenie a tass of brandy, till I count the siller and write the receipt.”

Derived terms

• gie it laldy

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Southern Sami

Etymology

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Pronoun

gie

1. (interrogative) who
2. (relative) who, that, which

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland