Definition of Gyve. Meaning of Gyve. Synonyms of Gyve

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Definition of Gyve

Gyve
Gyve Gyve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gyved (j[imac]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gyving.] To fetter; to shackle; to chain. --Spenser. I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. --Shak.
Gyve
Gyve Gyve (j[imac]v), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. gefyn, Ir. geibbionn, Gael. geimheal.] A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter. [Written also give.] Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. --Shak. With gyves upon his wrist. --Hood.

Meaning of Gyve from wikipedia

- A shackle (or shacklebolt), also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal...
- children, "except the cubbard in the halle the witche in the kytchyn which I gyve and bequeathe to Roger my sonne." Amulet Apotropaic magic Apotropaic mark...
- but wyl myngle other corne with whete, or do nat order and seson hit, gyving good wegght, I would they myghte play bo peep throwe a pyllery". Nevertheless...
- interlinear bequest that is best known is the one that reads: "It[e]m I gyve unto my wief my second best bed w[i]th the furniture". It is an interlinear...
- land in ye qwilkes ye foresaid Erle of Angous was obligit be his lettres to gyve me heritably eftir þat I had tane þe ordre of knycht sa þat nowthir I no...
- 1927-1930 (MadHat Press, 2015) The Collected Poems of John Crowe Ransom (Un-Gyve Press, 2015) The Uncollected Delmore Schwartz (Arrowsmith Press, 2019) Harry...
- this towne and usid me in frindly maner; I wold have the goe to hym and gyve hym thanckes for mee; and he wold goe truly to the right baylyf that did...
- saying: "My lord, ye know of ould that I was moir rude than wyse. I can nought gyve you a verie wyse counsell, but I love you weill aneuche." After Mary's escape...
- the will of Richard Wynder in 1555 used spellings such as "wyll" (will), "gyve" (give), "Alyce" (Alice), and "dyshes" (dishes). By the 16th century in the...
- National Archives". Published by Ancestry here. 26 February 1515. Also I gyve my wyff my two closes with the syke mens houses [...] I orden and make myn...