Proto-Germanic: *gazda-z
Meaning: sting
Gothic: gazd-s (a) `sting from goad'
Old Norse: gadd-r m. `Stachel, Spitze'
Norwegian: dial. gadd `Spitze, Stachel'
Swedish: dial. gadd `Spitze, Stachel'
Old Danish: gad `Stachelstock'
Danish: dial. gad, gaj `Haken zum Fischfang'
Old English: { segel-gerd `antenna'; gierd }
English: goad
Old Frisian: ierde
Old Saxon: fiur-gard `Feuergabel'; segal-gerd m., segal-gerda f. `sail-yard'
Middle Low German: gart m. `tak, roede, prikkel'
Old High German: gart (um 800) `Stachel, Treibstecken'; gardea, garti, gerta st./wk. f. `rod, twig'; segal-gerdun `antenne'
Middle High German: gart st. m. `Stachel, Treibstecken'
German: frühnhd. Gart `Stachel, Treibstecken'
