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giva

giva

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

  • gæva

Verb

giva

  1. to give

Conjugation

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Descendants


Swedish

Alternative forms

  • gifva (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Swedish giva, gæva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (to give), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.

Noun

giva c

  1. a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder (food) given to an animal
    Mixblandaren räknar också om givorna till kg foder
    The fodder mixer also converts the number of portions to kilograms of fodder

Declension

Inflection of giva 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative giva givan givor givorna
Genitive givas givans givors givornas

Verb

giva

  1. (dated) to give

Usage notes

  • For full conjugation, see the modern, contracted form ge.