For-gifan

p. ic, he -geaf, ðú -geáfe, pl. -geáfon; pp. -gifen. I. to give, grant, supply, permit, give up, leave off; dăre, dōnāre, præbēre, indulgēre, dēdĕre, relinquĕre :-- Ðæt wíf ðæt ðú me forgeáfe mŭlier, quam dĕdisti mihi, Gen. 3, 12. Manegum blindum he gesihþe forgeaf cæcis multis dōnāvit vīsum, Lk. Bos. 7, 21. He forgeaf wíd-brádne wélan he gave wide-spread bliss, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 20; Gen. 642. Siððan ðis gedón wæs, gesceóp God Adam, and him sáwle forgeaf after this was done, God created Adam, and gave him a soul, Ælfc. T. 4, 25-5, 1. Ðisum men ic forgife hors huic hŏmĭni do ĕquum, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 21. Ne biþ ðæt forgifen ðætte alýfed biþ non indulgētur quod lĭcet, Bd. 1. 27; S. 496, 1. He him his bearn forgeaf he gave up his child to him, Cd. 141; Th. 177, 4; Gen. 2924. Hlyst ýst forgeaf the storm left of being heard [hearing], Andr. Kmbl. 3171; An. 1588. II. to FORGIVE, remit; remittĕre, dimittĕre, condōnāre :-- Eádige beóþ ða, ðe him beóþ heora unrihtwísnesse forgifene beāti, quorum remissæ sunt inīquĭtātes, Ps. Th. 31, 1. Forgifaþ, gif gé hwæt agén ǽnigne habbaþ dimittĭte, si quid hăbētis adversus ālĭquem, Mk. Bos. 11, 25. Fæder, forgif him. Păter, dimitte illis, Lk. Bos. 23, 34. He forgifþ hit he will forgive it, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 25; Gen. 662. [Dut. ver-geven: Ger. ver-geben to forgive, pardon.] for-gifan