Gyve Definition

jīv
gyved, gyves, gyve
noun
Fetter; shackle.
Webster's New World
verb
To shackle or fetter.
American Heritage
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Gyve

Noun

Singular:
gyve
Plural:
gyves

Origin of Gyve

  • Of Celtic origin; liken Welsh gefyn (“fetter,shackle”), Irish geibbionn (“fetters”), geimheal (“fetter, chain, shackle”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English gives gyves

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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