giet

Meaning

1. still

   Riġneþ hit ġīet ūte?

   Is it still raining outside?

2. yet

   Ne ġesāwon hīe þā ġīet hine ǣnegu wundru wyrċan.

   They had not yet seen him do any miracles.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"

3. even (used to emphasize comparatives)

   Ǣr iċ wæs strang, ac nū iċ eom ġīet strengra.

   I was strong before, but now I'm even stronger.

4. keep, continuing an action (+verb)

   Iċ wēne þēah, ġif wit ġīet uncru word tōsamne slēaþ, þæt þǣr āspringe sum spearca upp sōþfæstnesse þāra þe wit ǣr ne ġesāwon.

   I think though that if we keep striking our words together, some spark of truth will spring up that we haven't seen before.

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy