[gid, gyd], st. n., speech, solemn alliterative song: nom. sg. þær wäs ... gid oft wrecen, [1066]; leóð wäs âsungen, gleómannes gyd, the song was sung, the gleeman's lay, [1161]; þær wäs gidd and gleó, [2106]; acc. sg. ic þis gid âwräc, [1724]; gyd âwräc, [2109]; gyd äfter wräc, [2155]; þonne he gyd wrece, [2447]; dat. pl. giddum, [151], [1119]; gen. pl. gidda gemyndig, [869].—Comp.: geômor-, word-gid.
[giddian], w. v., to speak, to speak in alliteration: pret. gyddode, [631].
[gif], conj.: 1) if, w. ind., [442], [447], [527], [662], etc.; gyf, [945], etc. With subj., [452], [594], [1482], etc.; gyf, [280], [1105], etc.—2) whether, w. ind., [272]; w. subj., [1141], [1320].
[gifa, geofa], w. m., giver; in comp. gold-, sinc-, wil-gifa (-geofa).
[gifan], st. v., to give: inf. giofan, [2973]; pret. sg. nallas beágas geaf Denum, [1720]; he me [mâðmas] geaf, [2147]; and similarly, [2174], [2432], [2624], etc.; pret. pl. geâfon (hyne) on gârsecg, [49]; pret. part. þâ wäs Hrôðgâre here-spêd gyfen, [64]; þâ wäs gylden hilt gamelum rince ... on hand gyfen, [1679]; syððan ærest wearð gyfen ... geongum cempan (given in marriage), [1949].
[â-gifan], to give, to impart: inf. andsware ... âgifan, to give an answer, [355]; pret. sg. sôna him se frôda fäder Ôhtheres ... ondslyht âgeaf (gave him a counter-blow), (hand-blow?), [2930].
[for-gyfan], to give, to grant: pret. sg. him þäs lîf-freá ... worold-âre forgeaf, [17]; þäm tô hâm forgeaf Hrêðel Geáta ângan dôhtor (gave in marriage), [374]; similarly, [2998]; he me lond forgeaf, granted me land, [2493]; similarly, [697], [1021], [2607], [2617]; mägen-ræs forgeaf hilde-bille, he gave with his battle-sword a mighty blow, i.e. he struck with full force, [1520].
[of-gifan], (to give up), to leave: inf. þät se mæra maga Ecgþeówes grund-wong þone ofgyfan wolde (was fated to leave the earth-plain), [2589]; pret. sg. þâs worold ofgeaf gromheort guma, [1682]; similarly, gumdreám ofgeaf, [2470]; Dena land ofgeaf, [1905]; pret. pl. näs ofgeâfon hwate Scyldingas, left the promontory, [1601]; þät þâ hildlatan holt ofgêfan, that the cowards left the wood (into which they had fled), [2847]; sg. pret. for pl. þâra þe þis [lîf] ofgeaf, [2252].
[gifeðe], adj., given, granted: Gûðfremmendra swylcum gifeðe bið þät..., to such a warrior is it granted that..., [299]; similarly, [2682]; swâ me gifeðe wäs, [2492]; þær me gifeðe swâ ænig yrfeweard äfter wurde, if an heir, (living) after me, had been given me, [2731].—Neut. as subst.: wäs þät gifeðe tô swîð, þe þone [þeóden] þyder ontyhte, the fate was too harsh that has drawn hither the king, [3086]; gyfeðe, [555], [820].—Comp. un-gifeðe.
[gif-heal], st. f., hall in which fiefs were bestowed, throne-hall: acc. sg. ymb þâ gifhealle, [839].