yiven

See also: ȝiven

English

Verb

yiven

1. past participle of yive

Anagrams

• Viney, veiny

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ȝeven, ȝiven, yeven

Etymology

From Old English ġiefan. See also the doublet given.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjivən/, /ˈjeːvən/

Verb

yiven (third-person singular simple present yiveth, present participle yivynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative yaf, past participle yiven)

1. to give
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, “Book VII”, in Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume III, London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC, pages 156–157:

     And than he laſſeth / And axeth but a litel peny, / If that the king wold yive him any. / The king anſwerd, it was to ſmall / For him, which was a lord reall, / To yive a man ſo litel thinge, / It were unworſhip in a kinge.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of yiven (strong class 5/4)

infinitive	(to) yiven, yive
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	yive	yaf, yef
2nd-person singular	yivest	yeve, yave, yaf, yef
3rd-person singular	yiveth	yaf, yef
subjunctive singular	yive	yeve1, yave1
imperative singular		—
plural2	yiven, yive	yeven, yeve, yaven, yave
imperative plural	yiveth, yive	—
participles	yivynge, yivende	yeven, yeve, yiven, yive, yoven, yove

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• forȝiven

Descendants

• English: yive
• Yola: yie, ye, yive

References

• “yēven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.