Aw thowt awd nivver had owt as grand i' mi life an' aw wor meeanin to have another plate but nah at aw know what it wor awd rayther ha gien a fiver nor ha touched sich-like powse.
Nae doobt ye will, my lord, whan ye seek onything that's fit to be gien ye.
And I'm sorry that I hae gienye this tribble, Mistress Faukner; but it was a' that fule's wite there.
An' I hae gien my bonnie bairn to the deevil wi' my ain han's!
But, Lord, they tell me your honour has gien Johnnie Howie acre for acre of the laigh crofts for this heathery knowe!
The fiddle was giento me by Leddy Gowan, and I daurna pairt wi't.
It willed that the lave o' the gear should be gien to the puir o' the parish; for nane o' the twa folk that laid claim to it had the shadow o' a richt.
He had been guid to her when he had gien her friens, an' guid to her when he took them to himsel; an' she kent she was now going to baith Him and them.
Gien a hustled a wud be a dee'd loonie afore a had 'em spilled.
Ye tuk it frae the ither loonie gienhe made ye some guid music; an' a ha' fetched ye mair--here.
The farmer he stared to see so much money, And to take it up he was likewise willing; But if he'd a known King had got so much money, He danged his wig if he'd gien him that shilling!
It seems thou's gien 'em all the slip Now back-end's drawin' nigh.
Three times I've gien oor love-call To bring my bird to t' nest.
Ye couldna conceive hoo low-spirited we all were after the masons had gien up hope o' findin' a nat'ral cause for the soond.
Oh, Joey, I would hae gien you a look too, an' ye would hae kent what I was thinkin'.
Naebody sees him but me, but I see him gien me the look he promised.
Some said it was for fear of the Whigs taking vengeance, but I judge it was just his auld custom--he wasna, gien to fear onything.
Aw wodn't rob another of a joy Sich as tha's gien me; For aw felt varry sad, mi little doy Until aw'd seen thee.
Look to your left, is not Cape Gien something like Castellamare and Sorrento--leaving out Vesuvius?
Lord, gien I hae dune him ony ill, forgie me; a puir human body canna ken aye the best!
Gien yer father and Kirsty wad but come in to persuaud ye!
Gien he be half-wuttit, the Lord's made up the ither half wi' better!
Gien he be in yon hole, Kirsty, I'll gang back and intil't my lee lane.
Is there naething gien intil yer ban' to du--naething nearer hame nor that?
Seems to me that the bonnie flowers hae been gien us for a gude example.
Twas a foul blow that killed my lord an' his son, an' it wasgien them by a hidden enemy.
Ye needna hae gien in sae sune," she remarked to her daughter when the carriage had driven off.
Has your lot been ill cast, young man, that ye envy the bits o' burds o' the air the freedom and the liberty that God has gien them?
I have for one," answered the Squire; "yon deevil o' a Rawdon has gien me a scunner at picnics.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gien" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
