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gie

(gē)

v. Scots

Variant of give.

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gie

(ɡiː)

a Scot word for give

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gie

(gi)

v.t., v.i. gied, gied gien (gēn), gie•ing. Scot.

to give.

gie

Past participle: gien
Gerund: gieing

Imperative
gie
gie

Present
I gie
you gie
he/she/it gies
we gie
you gie
they gie

Preterite
I gied
you gied
he/she/it gied
we gied
you gied
they gied

Present Continuous
I am gieing
you are gieing
he/she/it is gieing
we are gieing
you are gieing
they are gieing

Present Perfect
I have gien
you have gien
he/she/it has gien
we have gien
you have gien
they have gien

Past Continuous
I was gieing
you were gieing
he/she/it was gieing
we were gieing
you were gieing
they were gieing

Past Perfect
I had gien
you had gien
he/she/it had gien
we had gien
you had gien
they had gien

Future
I will gie
you will gie
he/she/it will gie
we will gie
you will gie
they will gie

Future Perfect
I will have gien
you will have gien
he/she/it will have gien
we will have gien
you will have gien
they will have gien

Future Continuous
I will be gieing
you will be gieing
he/she/it will be gieing
we will be gieing
you will be gieing
they will be gieing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gieing
you have been gieing
he/she/it has been gieing
we have been gieing
you have been gieing
they have been gieing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gieing
you will have been gieing
he/she/it will have been gieing
we will have been gieing
you will have been gieing
they will have been gieing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gieing
you had been gieing
he/she/it had been gieing
we had been gieing
you had been gieing
they had been gieing

Conditional
I would gie
you would gie
he/she/it would gie
we would gie
you would gie
they would gie

Past Conditional
I would have gien
you would have gien
he/she/it would have gien
we would have gien
you would have gien
they would have gien

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References in classic literature ?

Desiring to have his reasons for liking him, I could only gather the sentences - 'I known't: he pays dad back what he gies to me - he curses daddy for cursing me.

View in context

Presently the straining pace ate up the ener- gies of the men.

View in context

And here's a hand, my trusty fiere,** And gie's a hand o' thine; And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,*** For auld lang syne.