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_If_ (formerly written _gif, give, gin_) is the imperative of the Anglo-Saxon verb _gifan_, to give.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham
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_If_, (formerly written _gif, give, gin_,) as previously stated, is the imperative of the Anglo-Saxon verb _gifan_, to give.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham
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Wäs se fruma egeslîc leódum on lande, swâ hyt lungre wearð on hyra sinc-gifan sâre geendod.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Wæs se fruma egeslīc lēodum on lande, swā hyt lungre wearð on hyra sinc-gifan sāre geendod.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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