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gift

“gift” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. poison, venom, toxin (toxic substance)
  2. a gift, a present

adjective

  1. married

Etymology

From German Gift (“poison”), from Middle High German gift f (“gift, present”), Old High German gift f (“gift”), from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz, which is a derivation of *gebaną (“to give”).

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