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giver|ˈgɪvə(r)|
Forms: α. 4 ȝyvere, 4–5 ȝever, yever(e, -our. β. 4 gifer, 4–6 gevar, -ear, -er, -our, gyver(e, giff-, gyfer, 5–6 Sc. giffar, 4– giver.
[f. give v. + -er1, = OHG. kebari (MHG. and G. geber), MDu. gevere, Du. gever, Sw. gifvare, Dan. giver.]
One who gives, in senses of the vb.; a bestower, distributor, donor, grantor. Often preceded by a n. as object, as alms-, example-, law-, light-, etc. giver.
α1340Ayenb. 95 Þeruore is ariȝt þe holy gost propre⁓liche yefþe and yevere vor he him yefþ and is y yeve. 1382Wyclif 2 Cor. ix. 7 God loueth a glad ȝyuere. c1449Pecock Repr. 552 The ȝeuers trustiden that the receyuers wolden expende thilk good vertuoseli. 1483Act 1 Rich. III c. i. §1 The Sellers feffours yevours or grauntours.
βa1300Cursor M. 28804, I to þe was first giuer. a1340Hampole Psalter i. 3 God lufis wele cherid gifers. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. vii. 70 He that beggeth..but if he haue nede..he bigileth the gyuere [A. viii. 72 the ȝiuere]. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4368 God loues a gyfer glade. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 15 The haly spreit is giffar of all halynes. 1667Milton P.L. v. 317 Well we may afford Our givers thir own gifts. c1704Prior Henry & Emma 211 The gift still prais'd, the giver still unknown. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 11 Though they cost little to the giver, are not the less valuable to the receiver. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xiii, I returned it [a blow] to the giver, and with good interest too. 1868W. Whitman Chants Democr. i. Poems 67 The fresh free giver, the flowing Missouri. 1884Athenæum 25 Oct. 540 Givers of Dinners, Balls, and At Homes.
b. with adv., as giver-in, giver out.
1885Instr. to Census Clerks 68 Cotton Manufacture. Looming and Taping Room:..Giver-in. Odd Hands:..Weft Giver-out. |