An' gied the infant world a shog, 'Maist ruin'd a'.
Oh, I had wooers aught or nine, They gied me rings and ribbons fine; And I was fear'd my heart would tine, And I gied it to the weaver.
Something gied a crack inside my head, and my e'en swam for a minute; but the next I was putting on my bonnet and shawl and saying good-nicht to Mrs. Thomson.
He left Elder Mackelvine to find some decent body wha wad be glad o' the comfortable shelter, and the elder gied me the favor.
He gied the bellman his bell-groat, To ring his dead-bell at his lover's yett.
She gied to him a gravat, O the auld horse's sheet, And he gied her a gay gold ring, O the auld couple-root.
He gied the eldest a gay gold ring, But he loed the youngest aboon a' thing.
And a' that he gied me to my propine Was a pair of green gloves and a gay gold ring; 25 'Three lauchters of his yellow hair, In case that we shoud meet nae mair.
The kevels they gied thro the ha, And on the youngest it did fa.
I gied them till a wee doggie; oh mak my bed, mammie, now!
He gied to the bellman a belling-great, To ring the dead-bell at his love's bower-yett.
They warsled up, they warsled down, Till Sir John fell to the ground, And there was a knife in Sir Willie's pouch, Gied him a deadlie wound.
She giedme a spreckled fishie; Come mack my beddy now!
The firsten fa young Johnie got, It brought him to the ground; The wee pen-knife in Willie's pocket Gied him a deadly wound.
She gied me a bonnie wee fish, it was baith black and blue.
Mulberry wuds are a' my ain; My father gied them me, To sport and play when I thought lang; And they sall na be tane by thee.
After all, gin ye be at the horn, it's Guid's truth that ye gied Duke Wellwood's lads some most unmerciful jags aneath the ribs!
I gied it oot plain frae the pulpit that gin they didna come as far as the kirkyaird at ony rate, I wad tak' no more lees on my conscience for their sakes.
Many an ill word did we speak o' the Kirk, and many a glint did we cast at the sandglass in the pulpit as the precentor gied her another turn.
But only tearin' belly-hunger gied us strength to eat that awesome meat.
I rack not their limbs, that gied the clouts to wrap him in.
Settin' it in the sod o' her grave gied me a comfort I can't describe to ye.
Still, my son, it may comfort ye a wee i' the time to come, to think the auld cobbler Anerew Comin gaed intil the new warl' fitter company for the help ye gied him afore he gaed.
Many's the fat buck I hae carried in theer, afore Sir Marmaduke took a notion I stealed his deer, an' giedme the sack from lookin' after them.
Seed her; gied her the packidge; an' sayed, what you told me to say.
Sartinly, Master: else how could I ha' gied her the packidge?
The good man of Boghead gied him a resting-grave and a headstone.
So he did that, and gied them his big turnip watch to play wi'.
So I giedthem a bit yirk oot and gat a dunch in the back wi' the buffer.
He gied up the very roof abune his heid to shelter us when we were turned oot on the street.
The sergeant's wife over there giedme a 'piece,'" said Cleg gratefully.
I dinna ken that he gied me the chance," said Alick.
It will be the laddie frae Enbra that got them the wark in the mill, and gied up his wood hut to the bairns to leeve in.
And wi' that she took him and gied him a fling across the floor, and he hurt his airm on the corner of the bed.
Folk says he gied a bit smile, but I didna see him.
So Muckle Alick juist arched a back that was near as braid as the front of the engine itsel', and he gied a kind o' jump to the side.
I dare to say ye forgot to put your mistress in mind of what ye promised to say when I gied ye mony a half-crown--But ye'll no deny what I am saying now, lass?
Hielan' or Lowland, we gied them their scuds at the 'Forty-five.
We gied the English a fleg at the 'Forty-five,' didnae we?
It was in the Gaelic this, ye maun ken; Annapla gied me't efter.
Ye gied the lassie to the man that cam' withouten boots--sorrow be on the bargain!
He said no a word on the wy back, but a' saw it wes barmin' in him, and he gied oot sudden aifter his dinner as if he had been ta'en unweel.
Drying themsels at the fire, an' no withoot need; ane of them giedower the head in a drift, and his neeburs hed tae pu' him oot.
Forgive us, for we didna ken what we were leavin' or the sair hert we gied oor Father.
I brought ye some bonnie berries the castle folk gied me yestreen.
I wad like richt weel to ken that she gied her young hert to the Lord, Morag.
I gied it to Mrs. Webster to break some brie-stone, to rub the front doorstep wi'.
I dare to say ye forgot to put your mistress in mind of what ye promised to say when I gied ye mony a half-crown.
But sickness in the house, and hunger at the door, My bairn gied me her hand, although her heart was sore.
And he said he would gladly do that, and so he gave her a piece of the bannock; and for that she gied him a magical wand, that she said might yet be of service to him if he took care to use it rightly.
Wi' thae jewels she bargained for permission to be a second night in the young knight's chamber; but the auld wife gied him anither sleeping-drink, and he again sleepit till morning.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gied" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
