giefu – Old English noun declension

Noun: giefu
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	ġiefu
Plural	ġiefa; ġiefe

Genitive

Singular	ġiefe
Plural	ġiefa; ġiefena

Dative

Singular	ġiefe
Plural	ġiefum

Accusative

Singular	ġiefe
Plural	ġiefa; ġiefe

Sample Sentences

Forþon nis þæs mōdwlonc mon ofer eorþan, ne his ġifena þæs god, ne in ġeoguþe tō þæs hwæt, ne in his dǣdum tō þæs dēor, ne him his dryhten tō þæs hold, þæt hē ā his sǣfōre sorge næbbe, tō hwon hine dryhten ġedōn wille. (Thus, there is no mind-proud man over Earth, nor his gifts of god, nor too bold in youth, nor too daring in his deeds, nor his Lord too kind for him, who would never have his seafarer sorrow, for which the Lord would like to put on him.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
The Old English rune poem
ᚷ gumena byþ, glenġ and herenys... (Gift of men is an honor and a praise...)

Nouns inflected like giefu

giefu, gifu, gyfu,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gebu, from Proto-Germanic *gebō. Cognates include Old Frisian jeve, Old Saxon geva, Old High German geba, Old Norse gjǫf, and Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 (giba). See: Old Norse Nouns 'gjǫf', Gothic Nouns '𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰'.

Verbs referencing "giefu"

English Nouns gewgaw.