Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
gift .
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Examples
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¶¶ +L+ordinges and leuedis þis is si glorius miracle. and si gl {or} ius seywinge of ure lordes beringe. þet us telþ þet holi godespel of te day. and ye muee wel under {} stonde be þo speche of þe godspelle þet me sal to dai mor makie offrinke þan an oþren dai. and þer of us yeft ensample þo þrie kinges of heþenesse. þet comen fram verrene {35} londes ure louerd
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Then 1 wanted a mill to grind it, fieves to drefs it, yeft and fait to make it into bread, and an oven to bake it in; and all thefe things I did without;, as ihall be obferved; aad yet the com
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts ... 1790
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Sopotfd with felfe and grofs arena*-* uces;. yeft ought ho with extreme v and tAey cannot perform th% wirtont they too w both tbenfeira andi others in their defefts anApatfe ons, and without they be throughly i» flxudcdinall their devoirs.
Moral Essays: Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties 1677
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- coin I for, firft» I had no yeft: as to that part, as m8 adventures of there was no fupplying the want, fo I did not concern myfelf much about it.
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts ... 1790
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