Gyve

jīv, v.t. to fetter.— n.pl. Gyves , shackles, fetters. [M. E. gives , gyves. Of Celt. origin; cf. W. gefyn , Ir. geimheal. ] H to Haste fāte, fär; mē, hėr; mīne; mōte; mūte; mōōn; th en. IMG:c251_Chambers_1908_H.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail_unscaled:Chambers_1908_H.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail_unscaled the eighth letter in our alphabet, its sound that of a strongly-marked continuous guttural, produced at the back of the palate, not existing in English, but heard in the Scotch loch and the German lachen . In Old English h was a guttural, or throat sound, but it gradually softened down to a spirant, and has now become almost a vowel: ( chem. ) a symbol denoting hydrogen: in medieval Roman notation=200, H =200,000.