גִּיֵּיד Pi. (denom. of גִּיד) to cut an artery through, to bleed to death (a gentile mode of execution). *Lev. R. s. 6 מְגַיֵּיד את הגנבים והורג וכ׳ Ar. s. v. גד 12 (Var. מנגיד, Ar. Compl. ed. Koh. 2392) had the thieves bled to death and the receivers of stolen goods decapitated (ed. הורג את הקבלנין ומתיר את הגנבים).—Part. pass. מְגוּיָּיד he who had his arteries opened, bled to death. Ohol. I, 6 אפי׳ מג׳ even if his arteries are cut open (and he is dying). Yeb. XVI, 3 (120ᵃ). Yeb. 120ᵇ למימרא דמג׳ חי does this intimate that one whose arteries have been severed, may survive?—Y. ib. XVI, 15ᶜ bot. אפי׳ ראוהו מ׳ וכ׳ (Tosef. ib. XIV, 4 נִתְגַּיֵּיד) even if witnesses have seen him bleeding from severed arteries, I say, the operation may have been performed with a glowing knife and he may have recovered. Tosef. Gitt. VII (V), 1; Bab. ib. 70ᵇ מְגוּיָּד; Y. ib. VII, 48ᶜ bot.
Nithpa. - נִתְגַּיֵּיד , v. supra.