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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gef, Geff, v. P.t. gef, geff. P.p. geffin, -yn(e, -ynne. [Var. of geif, Gefe v. The short vowel is difficult to account for.] tr. To give, in various senses.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xlii. 121.
Quyncyane bad gef hire buffetis 1438 Montgomery Mem. 29.
The forsayd Alan sall geff … fourty marcis worth off land a1500 Bernardus 93.
Wrang iugment thow geffys Ib. 201.
Thi consel gef hym tyl 1482 Bamff Chart. 32.
Alexander Ramsay sal gef thame othir twenti markis 1519 Thanes of Cawder 130.
To geff the forsaid Sir Johne … our manrent 1594 Paisley B. Rec. 160.
It sall be leisum to ony uther notary to gef writ tharupon(b) a1400 Leg. S. v. 654.
That kynge … Gef almus to thame Ib. vi. 659.
Al the prestis gef a ȝell 1438 Misc. Spald. C. V. 392.
The golde that he … geff for the charteris 1489 Acta Aud. 121/2.
As he gef owr the office of bailȝery 1492 Acta Conc. 250/1.
Thai … geff na dome thairapoun 1546 Elgin Rec. I. 88.
John Beyn grantit … that he gef ane arill penne to Androu Mylln 1593 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 85.
[He] geff hir many bauch and bla straiks 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 88.
His last wordis, befoir he gef wp his braith 1604 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 240.
John Howstoun … gef his aith of fidelitie(c) a1400 Leg. S. iii. 556.
Haf I nocht geffyne thé The space of a nycht 1421 Montgom. Mem. 23.
At ȝe ger be geffin … sesyng to the said Herbert 1438 Ib. 30.
Aythyr has geffyn othyr thair bodyly ath 1485 Liber Coll. Glasg. 195.
The saidis Roberte and Jonet … has geffynne and grantit [etc.] 1545 Montgom. Mem. 139.
I … the said Charlys … has geffin mye bodele aith herapon 1564 Prestwick B. Rec. 68.
We depone our decret & … ordanis … dwyme [to be] geffin thair apoun