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
   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, Revelation 1:1, page 419:

     This is a revelâtion gíen bi God tae Jesus Christ, at he micht shaw his servans things at is shortlins come to pass. Jesus sent his angel and made it kent til his servan John […]

     This is a revelation given by God to Jesus Christ, so he can show his servants [some] things that are about to occur. Jesus sent his angel to make it known to his servant John […]

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪ.ən/

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