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  • And "My lorde useth and accustomyth yerly to gyf hym which is ordynede to be Master of the Revells yerly in my lordis hous in Cristmas for the overseyinge and orderinge of his lordschips Playes, Interludes, and Dresinge that is plaid befor his lordship in his hous in the XII dayes of Christenmas, and they to have in rewarde for that caus yerly, xxs."

    Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

  • The persons on the establishment of the Chapel performed plays from some sacred subject during Christmas; as "My lorde usith and accustomyth to gyf yerely, if his lordship kepe a chapell and be at home, them of his lordschipes chapell, if they doo play the Play of the Nativitie uppon Cristynmes day in the mornnynge in my lords chapell befor his lordship, xxs."

    Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

  • Ne moe you from ytte kenn, than gyf [30] you neere begonne.

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • Schalle telle the falleynge foe gyf Hurra's harte can feare.

    The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

  • And gyf hym pi sawle pat it boght, pat he pe dwell with-in:

    Love is Life 1917

  • All pi thought til hym pou gyf, pat may pe kepe fra kare;

    Love is Life 1917

  • Ihesu, gyf vs grace, as pou wel may, to luf pe with-owten endyng.

    Love is Life 1917

  • Na wonder gyf I syghand be & sipen in sorow be sette: 85

    Love is Life 1917

  • II. gyf þū on weg cymest, _if thou comest from there_, 1383; III. cymeð, 2059; pres.subj. sg.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • II. þū dearst bīdan, _darest to await_, 527; III. hē gesēcean dear, 685; pres.subj. sēc gyf þū dyrre,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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