noun
transitive verb
gyved, gyv′ingArchaic fetter; shackle
Origin of gyve
Middle English give from Anglo-French gyves, plural from uncertain or unknown; perhapsgyve
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gyve
Archaic
noun
A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.
transitive verb
gyved, gyv·ing, gyvesTo shackle or fetter.
Origin of gyve
From Middle English gives gyvesTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present gyves, present participle gyving, simple past and past participle gyved)
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