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. . 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. þās worold ofgeaf gromheort guma, 1682; similarly, gumdrēam
ofgeaf, 2470; Dena land ofgeaf, 1905; pret. pl. næs ofgēafon hwate
Scyldingas, _left the promontory_, 1601; þæt þā hildlatan holt ofgēfan,
_that the cowards left the wood_ (into which they had fled), 2847; sg.