gevan

gevan

1. definite accusative singular of gevi

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.

gevan

1. to give
   • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     Ecco, gevon sal stimma sīnro stemma crefte. Gevet g[uot]licheide Gode ovir Isrāhēl, mikili sīn in craft sīn an wulcun.

     See, he shall give his voice the sound of might. Give honor to the God of Israel, his greatness and his strenght in the clouds.

• Middle Dutch: gēven
  • Dutch: geven
    • Afrikaans: gee
    • Javindo: heef
    • Jersey Dutch: xêve
    • Negerhollands: gie, gi, giev, gief
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: gef
  • Limburgish: gaeve

• “gevan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• geƀan

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.

gevan

1. to give

• Middle Low German: geven
  • Low German: geven, gewen, giäwen, giewen