The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yeven \Yev"en\, p. p.
Given. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Usage examples of "yeven".
As the heroes rowed toward the Pool of Yeven, Adon sat near the bow of the skiff, his hand hanging over the edge.
In a moment, they had passed through another wall of froth and were moving downstream, away from the Pool of Yeven, toward Scardale.
As they moved farther away from the Pool of Yeven, Midnight gave a hearty yell, happy just to be alive.
The eldeste lady of hem alle spak- Whan she hadde swowned with a deedly cheere, That it was routhe for to seen and heere- And seyde, "Lord, to whom Fortune hath yeven Victorie, and as a conqueror to lyven, Nat greveth us youre glorie and youre honour, But we biseken mercy and socour.
For al swich thyng was yeven us in oure byrthe, Deceite, wepyng, spynnyng, God hath yeve To wommen kyndely whil they may lyve.
I wol noon of the apostles countrefete, I wol have moneie, wolle, chese, and whete, Al were it yeven of the povereste page, Or of the povereste wydwe in a village, Al sholde hir children sterve for famyne.