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Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nehw ainaz (“nor one”). Cognate with Dutch geen.
Numeral
gien
- no, none
Manx
Etymology
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Verb
gien (verbal noun gientyn, past participle giennit)
- to generate
Derived terms
Mutation
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch gian, from Proto-West Germanic *jehan.
Verb
gien
- to declare
- to admit, to acknowledge
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
Scots
Verb
gien
- past participle of gie
Yola
Pronunciation
Verb
gien
- past participle of gee
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,- We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114