yifte

Middle English

Alternative forms

ȝift, gift

Etymology

From Old English ġift, and Old Norse gipt, both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jift/

Noun

yifte (plural yiftes)

gift

Descendants

English: gift, yift
Scots: gyft, gift
Yola: giftes (plural)

References

“yift(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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