Gád

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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GÁD

f. A point of a weapon, spear or arrow-head, sting, prick, GOAD; cuspis, acŭleus, stĭmŭlus :-- Gád cuspis, Wrt. Voc. 288, 23. Gád stĭmŭlus, Wrt. Voc. 75; 1. Se yrþling ná gáde hæfþ, búton of cræfte mínum ărātor nec stĭmŭlum hăbet, nĭsi ex arte mea, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 31. Hafaþ gúþmecga gyrde lange, gyldene gáde the warrior has a long rod, a golden goad, Salm. Kmbl. 183; Sal. 91. [Goth. gazds, m. a prick, sting : Swed. gadd, m. a sting : Icel. gaddr, m. a goad, spike, sting.] DER. gád-ísen. gad