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Gave vs Gyve - What's the difference?

gave | gyve |

As nouns the difference between gave and gyve

is that gave is a (something given to someone, eg for christmas or a birthday ) while gyve is a shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.

As a verb gyve is

to shackle, fetter, chain.

gave

English

Verb

(head)
  • (give)
  • * c. 1471 , An English Chronicle, 1377-1461 :
    • there the erl of Dunbar becam his manne, and the kyng yaf him the Counte of Richemunde.
  • * 1591 , (William Shakespeare), King Henry VI, part 1 :
    • I gaue thee Life, and rescu'd thee from Death.
  • * 1815 , (Jane Austen), Emma :
    • The superior degree of confidence towards Harriet, which this one article marked, gave her severe pain.
  • * 2011 , Bob Woffinden, (The Guardian) , 31 Jul 2011:
    • With the Oxford canal at the bottom of his garden, regular canoeing excursions gave him enormous pleasure.

    See also

    * given

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    gyve

    English

    Alternative forms

    * give

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.
  • * Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    • Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves
  • * 1973 , , Don't Point That Thing at Me , Penguin 2001, page 122
    • Our gyves were removed and our possessions returned to us, except for my Banker's Special.

    Verb

    (gyv)
  • to shackle, fetter, chain
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1864 , year_published=2006 , edition=HTML , editor= , author= , title=Atlantic Monthly Journal , chapter=A Fast-Day at Foxden citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage="Say, rather, to melt the iron links which gyve soul to body," said Clifton ... }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2008 , year_published= , edition= , editor=Sheri L. Vadermolen , author=LD Brodsky , title=The Complete Poems of Louis Daniel Brodsky: Volume Four, 1981-1985 , chapter=A Devotee of the Southern Way of Making Love citation , genre= , publisher=Time Being Books , isbn=9781568091242 , page=419 , passage=Gyved to a squeaky swivel seat in my office, … }}

    Derived terms

    * down-gyved