v. Obs. Forms: 2–3 ȝeiȝe, 3–4 ȝeie, yeie, 4 ȝeye, ȝyȝe, yeye. [OE. *ʓíʓean, *ʓéʓan = WFris. geije to cry out, ON. geyja to bark, to blaspheme:— *gaujan, f. *gau (cf. ON. -gá barking, blasphemy, as in guðgá).
Prob. related forms with -t- suffix are Du. guiten to bark, scold, G. dial. ganzen, gäuzen to yelp, scold, ON. gauta to boast, prate.]
1. intr. To cry out, shout.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 43. Summe þer wepeð … and swiðe reowliche ilome ȝeiȝeð.
c. 1205. Lay., 27750. Þa ȝeiden lude Alle Rom-leode. Ibid., 29563. Heo … seoððe ȝeiden him on Mid ȝeomerliche stanen.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 162. Ifont ter swiðe feole ȝeinde & ȝurinde.
a. 1225. Juliana, 44. Þeo ilke þat beoð stalewurðe … ȝeornliche ȝeieð [v.r. ȝeiȝeð] efter godes grace to helpe.
a. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., xxxix. 111. Thah ich ȝeȝe upon heth.
c. 1320. Cast. Love (Halliw.), 1541. The loude cry and ȝeiyng That heo wolleth with loude stevyn Ȝevyn.
13[?]. Northern Passion (G1), 139. Men ne sschulle noth yeye þos longe.
13[?]. [see YEDERLY].
2. trans. To utter in a loud voice; to call out; to announce for sale in a loud voice, to ‘cry.’
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 66. Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware. Ibid., 126. For þi we ȝeieð to him iðe Paternoster, ‘Et dimitte nobis debita nostra.’
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 1265. Þes keiser … wodeliche ȝeide: Hwet nu, unwreste men.
3. To ask for, as with a loud voice.
c. 1320. Cast. Love (Halliw.), 358. How Mercy here sistur heore herte ȝyȝth.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 67. Syþen riche forth runnen to reche honde-selle, Ȝeȝed ȝeres ȝiftes on hiȝ.
