Etymology

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Middle English gaf ← Old English ġæf
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromġæf
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgaf
  3. English todaygave

From Middle English gaf, yaf, ȝaf, from Old English ġæf, ġeaf.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.