Gifa

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gyfa, giefa, geofa, an;

gifa

m. A giver, bestower; dator, largitor :-- Me þincþ betere ðæt ic forléte ða gyfe and folgyge ðam gyfan it seems to me better to leave the gift and follow the giver, Shrn. 176, 19. Used in the following compounds :-- ár-gifa, æt-, beáh-, beág-, blǽð-, eád-, feorh-, gold-, hyht-, lác-, máððum-, rǽd-, sinc-, symbel-, wil-, will-. [Laym. rædȝive counsellor: O. Sax. méðom-gibo: O. H. Ger. gebo dator.] gifa