Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gyve

Gyve (jīv) , noun

[Of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gefyn, Ir. geibhionn, Gael. geimheal.]

A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter.
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. — Shakespeare
With gyves upon his wrist. — Hood

Gyve (jīvd) , transitive verb

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. — Spenser
I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. — Shakespeare