obs. forms of GIFT.
1422. Yonge, trans. Secr. Secr., xxxi. 173. A wyse and a worthy man þat lowid not yftis to rescewe.
c. 1450. Godstow Reg., 177. Þe yfte þat Raf þe sone of wayfere & hys heyrys made.
1486. Churchw. Acc., Croscombe (Somerset Rec. Soc.), 15. John a Dene owth for the yfte of hys syster iij selver sponys … xxx.
