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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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RafaThis 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.
