Gearc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(?);

gearc

adj. Ready, active, quick :-- On orde stōd Eádweard se langa, gearc (gearo? cf. þā flotan stōdon gearowe, wīges georne, 72. But see yark ; adj. in D. D. ,and gearcian) and geornful, By. 274. gearc