gise

See also: gişe

English

Etymology

See agist.

Verb

gise (third-person singular simple present gises, present participle gising, simple past and past participle gised)

  1. To feed or pasture.

Anagrams

Istriot

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin decem.

Numeral

gise

  1. ten

Middle English

Noun

gise

  1. guise; manner
    • c. 1360s (date written)​, Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Romaunt of the Rose”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC, folio clxiii, recto, column 1:
      But who ſo wol chaſtyce me / Anone my loue loſt hath he / For I loue no man in no gyſe / That wol me repreue, or chaſtyce […]
      But who so will chastise me / Anon [at once] my love lost hath he, / For I love no man in no guise / That will me reprove, or chastise, […]

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjiː.se/, [ˈjiː.ze]

Adverb

ġīse

  1. Alternative form of ġēse
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