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This apparently strange Shakespearean word is simply the word 'Give'.
For example: "God gi' ye godd'en" means "God give you good evening" or, in modern words, "Good evening".
In Romeo and Juliet (Act 1 Scene 2) when the servant says "God gi' god-den" he means "God give you a good-evening".
[Gi' is also short for gin, an Anglic dialect preposition meaning before ( in time) and adverb meaning when, or at the time that. Cf Robert Burns's "Gin a body meet a body comin thro' the rye..."] <--- but that's not from shakespeare. just sort of an interesting tangentially relevant fact
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Allan Heller
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∙ 12y agoThis apparently strange Shakespearean word is simply the word 'Give'.
For example: "God gi' ye godd'en" means "God give you good evening" or, in modern words, "Good evening".
In Romeo and Juliet (Act 1 Scene 2) when the servant says "God gi' god-den" he means "God give you a good-evening".
[Gi' is also short for gin, an Anglic dialect preposition meaning before ( in time) and adverb meaning when, or at the time that. Cf Robert Burns's "Gin a body meet a body comin thro' the rye..."] <--- but that's not from shakespeare. just sort of an interesting tangentially relevant fact
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What does gi' mean in shakespeare plays?
William Shakespeare sometimes uses the word gi in his plays. This word has the same meaning as the word give.
What did Shakespeare mean by the word gi'?
The word "gi" from Shakespearean English means "give". In Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the servant says "God gi' ye godd'en". Which is translated to "God give you good evening". (Basically another way of saying "good evening").
What does Shakespeare's word mad-bread mean?
Sorry, Shakespeare did not use that word.
What does Shakespeare mean by the word townsfolk?
Shakespeare does not use the word townsfolk.
Shakespeare shortened gi'?
It is shortened for give.
What does gi' mean in shakespeare plays?
William Shakespeare sometimes uses the word gi in his plays. This word has the same meaning as the word give.
What does gi mean in shakespear?
William Shakespeare sometimes uses the word gi in his plays. This word has the same meaning as the word give.
What did Shakespeare mean by the word gi'?
The word "gi" from Shakespearean English means "give". In Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the servant says "God gi' ye godd'en". Which is translated to "God give you good evening". (Basically another way of saying "good evening").
What does Shakespeare's word mad-bread mean?
Sorry, Shakespeare did not use that word.
What do the following of Shakespeare's shortened words mean Gi' you' E'en?
Gi' is a contraction for give, both in Shakespeare and also in Robert Burns who uses it a lot, most famously in the lyrics to Auld Land Syne ("And gi's a hand o' thine"). E'en is short for "even", both in the sense everyone will recognize, and also as a cut-down form of "evening", most familiar in the word "Hallowe'en". You' doesn't mean anything. It's a typo.
What does Shakespeare mean by the word townsfolk?
Shakespeare does not use the word townsfolk.
Shakespeare shortened gi'?
It is shortened for give.
What does Shakespeare mean by the word forth?
In a forward direction.
What does Shakespeare mean by the word the?
Shakespeare wrote in English. "The" means exactly the same when he used it as it does when you use it.
What does shortened word oft mean in shakespeare?
Oft is not a shortened word. Often is a lengthened word. The original word is oft and the form often did not appear until about a century before Shakespeare's day. They are, of course, the same word and mean the same thing.
What does Shakespeare mean by the word waxen?
Waxen means made of wax. Its meaning has not changed since Shakespeare used it.
What does gi mean in shakespearean language?
In Shakespearean language, "gi" is a contraction of the verb "give" in the second person singular or plural form. It is a shorter and more informal way of saying "give" that was commonly used in Shakespeare's time.
