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Webster 1913 Edition

Gie

Gie

,

Verb.

T.

To guide. See

.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Gie

,

Verb.

T.

To give.

[Scot.]

Burns.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gie

GIE

, a contraction of guide. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

gie

gie

See also: giê, ġie, giẻ, and gi'e

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
(Puter, Vallader) schi

Adverb

gie

(Sursilvan) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Related terms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
(Sursilvan) bein
(Sutsilvan) bagn
(Surmiran) gea bagn
(Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
(Vallader) hai, bainschi hai

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse gefa.

Verb

gie ‎(third-person singular present gies, present participle giein, past gied, past participle gied or gien)

To give.
Gie us a brak.
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Wandering Willie's Tale (in Redgauntlet)
  “Here, Dougal,” said the laird, “gie Steenie a tass of brandy, till I count the siller and write the receipt.”

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