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  • Doto, -as, dono vel gifu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, l. Geben (gibaen, Ep. Gl.) wæs

    inpendebatur

    ,
      Txts. 71, 1086.
to give a thing as a present
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  • Se wela þe se cyning gifþ his deórlingum. Bt. 29, 1 ; F. 102, 3.

  • Þú. sealdest mé wilna geniht. For þan þú ne þearft sceamian . . . þæs þú mé geáfe,

      Seel. 149.

  • Hé geaf mé sinc and symbel,

      B. 2431 : 2173.

  • Nán man ne sylle nán hors ofer sǽ, bútan hé hit gifan wille,

      Ll. Th. i. 208, 19.

  • Geafendum mið ðingum

    oblatis muneribus

    ,
      Mt. p. 14,
to grant, confer an honour, a privilege, office, favour, &c.
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  • Se anweald þe hé gifþ his deórlingum,

      Bt. 29, 1 ; F. 102, 3.

  • Gif man his mæn freóls gefe,

      Ll. Th. i. 38, 15.

  • Þingie hé on þám ceápgilde . . . náht on þám wíte, bútan hit sé gifan wille ꝥe hit tó gebyrige,

      210, 18.

  • Hé scolde heom ðone pallium gifan, Chr. 995 ; P. 130, 34. II a.

    to give

    credit, confidence, affection, &c. :-- Þæs cyninges geférrǽden þe hé gífþ his deórlingum,
      Bt. 29, 1 ; F. 102, 3.

  • Gif bisenum lufu is tó gefanne

    si exemplaribus fides est adhibita

    .
      Mt. p. 1, 12.
of superhuman power. Cf. gifeþe
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  • Þú,

      Drihten, forgeáfe þám sáwlum eard on hiofonum and him þǽr gifst weorþlice gifa, Bt. 33, 4 ; F. 132, 19.
  • Be ðæs andgites mǽðe ðe God ús gifþ, 42 ; F. 256, 4.

  • God dóm gifeð gumena gehwylcum,

      An. 1153.

  • Giefeð,

      Cri. 674 : Crä. 112.

  • Of þám ǽhtum þe ic eów on eorðan geaf,

      Cri. 1502 : 1382.

  • Drihten þám werude geaf mód and mihte,

      Dan. 13.

  • Dryhten hyre weorðmynde geaf,

      Jud. 343 : An. 317 : El. 365.

  • Hwæt hæfst ðú æt þám gifum þe ðú cwist ꝥ seó wyrd eów gife?,

      Bt. 13 ; F. 38, 5.

  • Him weorðeð blǽd gifen,

      Cri. 878.

  • Gyfen,

      B. 64. III a.

  • Þé Meotud wist gife,

      An. 388.
  • III b. used absolutely :---

  • Simle hé biþ gifende, and ne wanaþ his nǽfre náuht, 42; F. 258, 5. ¶ to give to do something,

    grant

    :-- Heó wæs gelǽded, gifendum Drihtne and scyldendum, tó ðám munucháde,
      Gr. D. 199, 18.
to assign the future ownership of property,
bequeath
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  • Sé þe land gewerod hæbbe . . . , hæbbe hé unbesacen on dæge and æfter dæge tó syllenne and tó gifenne þám þe him leófast sý,

      Ll. Th. i. 420, 22.
to give in marriage
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  • Geaf Æþelwulf cyning his dohtor Burgréde,

      Chr. 853 ; P. 66, 2.

  • Þá þá heó befleáh þám gesettan gyfte . . . in þám hí man gifan wolde

    dum constitutis jam nuptiis . . . fugisset

    ,
      Gr. D. 199, 16.
to deliver, hand to a person;
to give food
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  • Þá wæs gylden hylt gamelum rince on hand gyfen,

      B. 1678.

  • Gif man his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe,

      Ll. Th. i. 40, 9. .
to give into the hands of, hand over to possess or to keep,
consign, commit, entrust
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  • Hí (hine) léton holm beran, geáfon on gársecg,

      B. 49.

  • Ágife (gyfe,

    v. l.

    ) man þám ágenfrígean his ágen,
      Ll. Th. i. 390, 7.

  • Þeáh him eall sié þes middangeard on ǽht gifen,

      Met. 16, 10.
to give in discharge of obligation,
pay
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  • Him eallum wile Drihten dædleán gyfan,

      Exod. 263.
to give to a superior, pay a tax, due (religious or secular),
make an offering
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  • Gef ðing ꝥ bebeád Móyses

    offer munus quod praecepit Moses

    ,
      Mt. L. 8, 4: Mk. L. l, 44.

  • Gif se Fræncisca byð ofercuman, hé gyfe þám cynge .III. pund,

      Ll. Th. i. 489, 17.

  • Ðing tó geafanne

    munus offerendum

    ,
      Mt. p. 14, 13.
to give up to,
devote, consign
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  • Ic hí ne sparige, ac on spild giefe,

      Jul. 85.

  • Hí Waldend giefeð feóndum in forwyrd,

      Cri. 1614.
where the object is a transactive act considered as given by the agent and received by the person or thing affected
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  • Þonne swíað hé and hlyst gefeð,

      Ph. 143.

  • Eów miltse giefeð fæder ælmihtig,

      Jul. 657.

  • Him se hæle geaf giestlíðnysse,

      Gen.2445.

  • Gif bescoren man gange him an giestlíðnesse, gefe him man ǽnes,

      Ll. Th. i. 38, 13.

  • Hé uoenas geafa embehtsumnise ł hérnisse hine hé gefe Gode

    arbitretur obsequium se praestare Deo

    ,
      Jn. L. R. 16, 2.
to offer, present to the action of another
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  • Hé beald in gebede bídsteall gifeð fæste on féðan. Jul. 388.

  • Giefeð,

      Rä. 41, 19.

  • Gif huá ðec sláes in suíðra ceica ðín gef (

    praebe

    ) him ðý óðera.
      Mt. L. 5, 39.
to offer for observation,
set forth a statement for consideration
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  • Tó geafanne mið efennisse

    adhibita comparatione

    ,
      Mt. p. 15, 12.
to allot, assign
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  • Þǽr ys án tó láfe, gif þæne Aprili,

      Angl. viii. 303, 38 : 43.
to cause to have or
receive.
the subject a person
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  • Brego engla geaf eft blisse gehwǽm égbúendra þurh eorðan westm,

      Chr. 975; P. 122, 1.
of things,
to be productive of
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  • Ǽlcum men his ágen gód giþ good edleán,

      Bt. 37, 2 ; F. 188, 27.
  • Ðá cwæþ hé: ' Wénst þú hwæþer ǽnig þissa andweardana gooda þé mæge sellan fulle gesǽlþa ? ' Ðá andswarode ic : ' Nát ic nánwuht. . . þe swelc gifan mæge ' 33. 3; F. 126, 23.
to allow to have, not to withhold, to release
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  • Is giwuna iów ꝥte énne ic gefe ł forléte (

    dimittam) iów in eóstro, wallad gé forðon ꝥ ic gefe (dimittam )

    cynig ludéa?,
      Jn. R. L. 18, 39.
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v. ge-gifan, on-gifan; for-gifen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gifan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50700.

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