gien

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nehw ainaz (“nor one”). Cognate with Dutch geen.

gien

1. no, none

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gien (verbal noun gientyn, past participle giennit)

1. to generate

• aaghien (“to regenerate”)

From Old Dutch gian, from Proto-West Germanic *jehan.

gien

1. to declare
2. to admit, to acknowledge

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• “ghiën”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gien”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

gien

1. past participle of gie

• IPA^(key): /ɡiːn/

gien

1. past participle of gee
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 18-19:

     Wee dwyth ye ane fose dais be gien var ee gudevare o'ye londe ye zwae,

     We behold in you one whose days are devoted to the welfare of the land you govern,

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114