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Dictionary: gyve   (jīv) pronunciation Archaic.
n.
A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.

tr.v., gyved, gyv·ing, gyves.
To shackle or fetter.

[From Middle English gives, gyves.]


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noun

    Something that physically confines the legs or arms: bond, chain (used in plural), fetter, handcuff (often used in plural), hobble, iron (used in plural), manacle, restraint, shackle. See free/unfree.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lænke
v. tr. - lænke

Nederlands (Dutch)
beenijzer, wiet (drug), vastketenen

Français (French)
n. - fers, chaînes
v. tr. - mettre aux fers, enchaîner, (fig) entraver

Deutsch (German)
v. - fesseln
n. - Fessel

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αλυσοδένω
n. - αλυσίδα

Italiano (Italian)
ceppo, catena

Português (Portuguese)
v. - algemar, encadear
n. - algema (f), grilhão (m)

Русский (Russian)
узы, оковы, заковывать в кандалы, сковывать (движения и пр.)

Español (Spanish)
n. - grillos, cadenas
v. tr. - poner grillos o cadenas a alguien

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fängsla i fotbojor, fjättra
n. - fotbojor

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
脚镣, 手铐, 上脚镣, 上手铐

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 腳鐐, 手銬
v. tr. - 上腳鐐, 上手銬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수갑, 족쇄, 마리화나
v. tr. - 수갑을 채우다, 족쇄를 채우다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - かせ, マリファナ
v. - …にかせをはめる, 足かせをはめる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقيد, يكبل (الاسم) قيد, غل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כבל, שלשלת, סד (לרגלי אסיר)‬
v. tr. - ‮שם בסד, כבל בשרשרת‬


 
 
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