verb
- past participle of give (Scottish and dialectal form)
Usage: Scottish English; dialectal; archaic in standard English
adjective
- given; granted; assumed (Scottish and dialectal form)
Usage: Scottish English; dialectal; archaic in standard English
Examples
- He had gien his word to help with the harvest.
- The gien circumstances made it difficult to proceed.
- She gien him a stern look before leaving.
- A gien fact in the argument was never questioned.
- They gien their consent to the proposal.