"yaf" meaning in Middle English

See yaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} yaf
  1. past of yiven Tags: form-of, past Form of: yiven
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          "english": "Straightway he gave the sick man his remedy.",
          "ref": "a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 424:",
          "text": "Anon he yaf the sike man his boote.",
          "translation": "Straightway he gave the sick man his remedy.",
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          "english": "When this cursed plot was agreed upon\nGlad was this judge, and made much of him (the churl\nAnd gave him precious and expensive gifts.),",
          "ref": "a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Physician's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 146-148:",
          "text": "Whan that assented was this cursed reed,\nGlad was this juge, and maked him greet cheere,\nAnd yaf hym yiftes preciouse and deere.",
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          "ref": "c. 1471, An English Chronicle, 1377-1461:",
          "text": "there the erl of Dunbar becam his manne, and the kyng yaf him the Counte of Richemunde.",
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          "text": "Anon he yaf the sike man his boote.",
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          "ref": "a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Physician's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 146-148:",
          "text": "Whan that assented was this cursed reed,\nGlad was this juge, and maked him greet cheere,\nAnd yaf hym yiftes preciouse and deere.",
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