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Examples
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Angie wondered why promises so easily gi'en should be so hard to take back.
Only You Leigh Sutherland & Peg Greenwood 1997
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"And gi'en that choice, will we remain with thee," Alien said.
Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990
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"And gi'en that choice, will we remain with thee," Alien said.
Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990
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I wouldna dream o 'taking more help than ye've already gi'en.
Three Hearts and Three Lions Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1953
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Well upon dis, de Pharisees picked up der frails and cut away right by him, and as dey passed by him he felt sich a queer pain in de head as if somebody had gi'en him a lamentable hard thump wud
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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For I ha'e ask'd your minnie, and she has gi'en ye leave,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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They've gi'en over dancin 'outside -- they'll be beginning soon.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 22, 1892 Various
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For I ha'e ask'd your minnie, and she has gi'en ye leave
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Matt used to reply, 'Naa, lass, the teeth's there, but hoo's gi'en o'er bitin'. '
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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I hit Sandy blether awa 'for a whilie, an' syne I strikes in, "Ay, juist that, Sandy; but you'll mibby g'wa 'an' get that tume saft soap barrel scraipit oot, an 'the wechts gi'en a black lead; an' we'll hear aboot the Toon Cooncil efter your wark's dune."
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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