[gif-sceat], st. m., gift of value: acc. pl. gif-sceattas, [378].
[gif-stôl], st. m., seat from which fiefs are granted, throne: nom. sg., [2328]; acc. sg., [168].
[gift], st. f., gift, present: in comp. feoh-gift.
[gifu, geofu], st. f., gift, present, grant; fief: nom. sg. gifu, [1885] acc. sg. gimfäste gife þe him god sealde, the great gift that God had granted him (i.e. the enormous strength), [1272]; ginfästan gife þe him god sealde, [2183]; dat. pl. (as instr.) geofum, [1959]; gen. pl. gifa, [1931]; geofena, [1174].—Comp.: mâððum-, sinc-gifu.
[gigant], st. m., giant: nom. pl. gigantas, [113]; gen. pl. giganta, [1563], [1691].
[gild, gyld], st. n., reparation: in comp. wiðer-gyld(?).
[gildan, gyldan], st. v., to do something in return, to repay, to reward, to pay: inf. gomban gyldan, pay tribute, [11]; he mid gôde gyldan wille uncran eaferan, [1185]; we him þâ gûðgeatwa gyldan woldon, [2637]; pret. sg. heaðoræsas geald mearum and mâðmum, repaid the battles with horses and treasures, [1048]; similarly, [2492]; geald þone gûðræs ... Jofore and Wulfe mid ofermâðmum, repaid Eofor and Wulf the battle with exceedingly great treasures, [2992].
an-gildan, to pay for: pret. sg. sum sâre angeald æfenräste, one (Äschere) paid for the evening-rest with death's pain, [1252].
â-gildan, to offer one's self: pret. sg. þâ me sæl âgeald, when the favorable opportunity offered itself, [1666]; similarly, þâ him rûm âgeald, [2691].
for-gildan, to repay, to do something in return, to reward: pres. subj. sg. III. alwalda þec gôde forgylde, may the ruler of all reward thee with good, [957]; inf. þone ænne hêht golde forgyldan, he ordered that the one (killed by Grendel) be paid for (atoned for) with gold, [1055]; he ... wolde Grendle for-gyldan gûðræsa fela, wished to pay Grendel for many attacks, [1578]; wolde se lâða lîge forgyldan drinc-fät dýre, the enemy wished to repay with fire the costly drinking vessel (the theft of it), [2306]; pret. sg. he him þäs leán forgeald, he gave them the reward therefore, [114]; similarly, [1542], [1585], [2095]; forgeald hraðe wyrsan wrixle wälhlem þone, repaid the murderous blow with a worse exchange, [2969].