yove yoven, -yn, ȝove, etc., occas. yoved,
obs. pa. tense and pple. of give.
| c 1300 Harrow. Hell (E.) 189 Y haue ȝouen my liif for þe. 13.. Northern Passion 130/1255 Ageyn oure law he haþ ȝoue red. 1390 Gower Conf. II. 192 Unto thidoles yove and granted. 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 24360 Whan Iuges, for offence Han yoved hir sentence. c 1460 Wisdom 945 in Macro Plays 66 My wyll was full yowe to syne. 1532 Cromwell in Merriman Life & Lett. (1902) I. 344 According to your high commawndment to me youyn yesterdaye. 1552 Huloet, Yoven or enclined to couetousenes or crueltye. |