Gád

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gád

a goad. Add:--Gaad stiga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 43. Gád cuspis, 17, 4. Derigendlic bið ðé þæt þú spurne ongeán þá gáde (durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare). Gif se oxa spyrnð ongeán ðá gád, hit dereð him sylfum, Hml. Th. i. 390, 9: 386, 9. gad