the war-weeds of his comrade,
the ready implements of war.
This, and most of the other similar Anglo-Saxon words, applied to their heroes and warriors, became degraded under the Anglo-Normans. We may mention as other examples the words, fellow, renk, grom, wye, &c.
†gaynage (A.N.) [462], profit
gaynesse (A.N.) [178], gaiety
galoche (A.N.) [370], a shoe. The word occurs in Chaucer
galpen (A.S.) [252], to belch
gamen (A.S.) play
gangen, gange (A.S.) to go
†garites (A.S.) [463], garrets