yive

English

Etymology

From Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-e-ti, from *gʰebʰ- (“to give, move”). Doublet of give, from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɪv]

Verb

yive (third-person singular simple present yives, present participle yiving, simple past yave, past participle yiven)

1. (transitive, nonstandard, West Country) To give.
   • 1393, John Gower, Confessio Amantis, lines 2129-2130:

     To yive a man so litel thing / It were unworschipe in a king.

Anagrams

• Ivey, ivey