give

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 367 words | Copyright

give pt. gave, pp. given hand over OE.; intr. yield XVI. OE. str. vb. ġ(i)efan = OS. geðan (Du. geven), OHG. geban (G. geben), ON. gefa, Goth. giban :- Gmc. *ʒeðan, with no certain IE. cognates. OE. ġ(i)efan was repr. by ME. yive; the present form with initial g appears XII and is due to Scand., the vowel reflecting OSw. giva, ODa. give.

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