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<p>Created page with &quot;{{DISPLAYTITLE:Dictionary:geva}} == Nynorn == === Etymology === . === Shetland use === {{Jakobsen/s}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;gi’e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; [gɩ̄, gɩ], {{nornabr|vb.|verb}}, &#039;&#039;to give;&#039;&#039; a {{nor...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Dictionary:geva}}<br /> == Nynorn ==<br /> === Etymology ===<br /> .<br /> <br /> === Shetland use ===<br /> {{Jakobsen/s}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;gi’e&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; [gɩ̄, gɩ], {{nornabr|vb.|verb}}, &#039;&#039;to give;&#039;&#039; a {{nornabr|L.Sc.}} form of {{nornabr|Eng.}} to give. In special meaning as a tabu-word at sea in fishermen’s {{nornabr|lang.|language}}: &#039;&#039;to fail; go to pieces,&#039;&#039; of a fishing-line, de lines ga’e [‘gave’] ({{nornabr|Sa.|Sandness}}); {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nornabr|Eng.}} “give” in sense of &#039;&#039;to give way&#039;&#039;, and {{nornabr|No.}} giva seg, inter alia, &#039;&#039;to fail; give up,&#039;&#039; {{nornabr|No.}} givast and {{nornabr|Fær.}} gevast, &#039;&#039;to become fatigued;to lose one’s strength.&#039;&#039; — Is, in some phrases with {{nornabr|prep.}} and {{nornabr|adv.}}, {{nornabr|esp.|especially}} Norse: a) &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;g.&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; {{nornsp|on}} {{nornsp|ur}} {{nornsp|upon}}, &#039;&#039;to urge on; work energetically at something,&#039;&#039; — {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} gefa á; b) &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;g.&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; {{nornsp|till}}, &#039;&#039;to give much to&#039;&#039;, in expressing an intense desire; I would “&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;g.&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; {{nornsp|till}}” a guid [‘good’] somet’in’ [‘something’]; {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nornabr|Icel.}}: ek vildi gefa mikit til, at —, and {{nornabr|No.}}: eg skulde giva myket til, um —. “&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;g.&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; {{nornsp|till}}” is also found in sense of &#039;&#039;to drub; to cudgel&#039;&#039;, “I ga’e [‘gave’] till him”, but may, in this sense, as well be {{nornabr|L.Sc.}}, as “gi’e” in {{nornabr|L.Sc.}} is generally used in sense of &#039;&#039;to strike.&#039;&#039; — Note &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;g.&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; {{nornsp|op}} [‘up’] in {{nornabr|expr.}} as: he ga’e op upo dem, &#039;&#039;he gave it up owing to exhaustion; he withdrew from the game&#039;&#039; ({{nornabr|Sa.|Sandness}}); de boat (sail, mast) {{SIC|ga,e|ga’e}} op upo dem, &#039;&#039;the boat (the sail, mast) was no longer serviceable&#039;&#039; ({{nornabr|Fo.|Foula}}); {{nornabr|cf.}} {{nornabr|O.N.|Old Northern}} gefask upp, and {{nornabr|Eng.}} give up.{{Jakobsen/e}}<br /> <br /> === Pronunciation ===<br /> IPA: <br /> <br /> === Alternate Forms ===<br /> .<br /> <br /> === Verb ===<br /> ;geva<br /> # give<br /> <br /> ==== Inflection ====<br /> .<br /> <br /> ==== Synonyms ====<br /> (none known)<br /> <br /> == Sources ==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:geva}}<br /> [[Category:Verbs]]</div>

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