Participles
| Present | ġiefende |
| Past | (ġe)ġefen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġiefe |
| 2nd sing. | ġiefst |
| 3rd sing. | ġiefþ |
| 1st plur. | ġiefaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġiefaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġiefaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġeaf |
| 2nd sing. | ġēafe |
| 3rd sing. | ġeaf |
| 1st plur. | ġēafon |
| 2nd plur. | ġēafon |
| 3rd plur. | ġēafon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġiefe |
| 2nd sing. | ġiefe |
| 3rd sing. | ġiefe |
| 1st plur. | ġiefen |
| 2nd plur. | ġiefen |
| 3rd plur. | ġiefen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġēafe |
| 2nd sing. | ġēafe |
| 3rd sing. | ġēafe |
| 1st plur. | ġēafen |
| 2nd plur. | ġēafen |
| 3rd plur. | ġēafen |
Imperative
| Singular | ġief |
| Plural | ġiefaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'giefan'
giefan,
Verbs similar to 'giefan'
agiefan,
gieman,
gietan,
gifan,
liefan,
agifan,
aliefan,
biegan,
ciegan,
ciepan,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-
3. Proto-Germanic *gebaną
4. Proto-West Germanic *geban
5. Old English giefan
6. Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.
Sample Sentences
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The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse
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...Ne ġedafenað þē nū þē dryhten ġeaf welan and wiste and woruldspēde,... (...It befitteth thee not since to thee the Lord hath given wealth and abundance and worldly prosperity,...)
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c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual, line 125 (Now there is one left; give that April.)
Cognates
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