yifte
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ȝift, gift
Etymology
From Old English ġift, and Old Norse gipt, both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jift/
Noun
yifte (plural yiftes)
- gift
Descendants
- English: gift, yift
- Scots: gyft, gift
- Yola: giftes (plural)
References
- “yift(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.