sōna him se frōda fæder
Ōhtheres
.
Beowulf
gēafon (hyne) on gārsecg, 49; pret.
part.
þā wæs Hrōðgāre
here-spēd gyfen, 64; þā wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince . . . on hand gyfen,
1679; syððan ǣrest wearð gyfen . . . geongum cempan (_given in marriage_),
1949.
ā-gifan, _to give, to impart_: inf. andsware . . . āgifan, _to give an
answer_, 355; pret. sg.
sōna him se frōda fæder Ōhtheres . . . ondslyht āgeaf
(_gave him a counter-blow_), (_hand-blow_? ), 2930.
for-gyfan, _to give, to grant_: pret. sg. him þæs līf-frēa . . . worold-āre
forgeaf, 17; þǣm tō hām forgeaf Hrēðel Gēata āngan dōhtor (_gave in
marriage_), 374; similarly, 2998; hē mē lond forgeaf, _granted me land_,
2493; similarly, 697, 1021, 2607, 2617; mægen-rǣs forgeaf hilde-bille, _he
gave with his battle-sword a mighty blow_, i. e. he struck with full force,
1520.
of-gifan, (_to give up_), _to leave_: inf. þæt se mǣra maga Ecgþēowes
grund-wong þone ofgyfan wolde (_was fated to leave the earth-plain_), 2589;
pret. sg.
here-spēd gyfen, 64; þā wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince . . . on hand gyfen,
1679; syððan ǣrest wearð gyfen . . . geongum cempan (_given in marriage_),
1949.
ā-gifan, _to give, to impart_: inf. andsware . . . āgifan, _to give an
answer_, 355; pret. sg.
sōna him se frōda fæder Ōhtheres . . . ondslyht āgeaf
(_gave him a counter-blow_), (_hand-blow_? ), 2930.
for-gyfan, _to give, to grant_: pret. sg. him þæs līf-frēa . . . worold-āre
forgeaf, 17; þǣm tō hām forgeaf Hrēðel Gēata āngan dōhtor (_gave in
marriage_), 374; similarly, 2998; hē mē lond forgeaf, _granted me land_,
2493; similarly, 697, 1021, 2607, 2617; mægen-rǣs forgeaf hilde-bille, _he
gave with his battle-sword a mighty blow_, i. e. he struck with full force,
1520.
of-gifan, (_to give up_), _to leave_: inf. þæt se mǣra maga Ecgþēowes
grund-wong þone ofgyfan wolde (_was fated to leave the earth-plain_), 2589;
pret. sg.