Gete, _v._ to guard, watch, keep, 2762, 2960. Icel. _gæta_, to guard. Cf. _Ormulum_, 2079. [Suggested by Garnett.] Geten, _v._ S. to get, take, 792. _Gete_, 1393. _Gat_, _pa. t._ begot, got, 495, 730. _Gaten_, _Geten_, _pa. t. pl._ begot, 2893, 2934, 2978. _Getes_, _f. t. 2 p._ shalt get, 908. Ghod _for_ Good, 255. Gisarm, _n._ Fr. a bill, 2553. _See_ Gl. Rits. M. R., Spelm. in v., Jam. Dict., and Merrick’s Gl. in v. _Gesa_, _Gesum_. [“Distinguished from other weapons of the axe kind by a spike rising from the back. There were two kinds, viz. the _glaive-gisarme_, with a sabre-blade and spike; and the _bill-gisarme_, in shape of a hedging-bill with a spike.” Godwin’s Archæol. Handbook, p. 254.] Giue. _See_ Yeue. Giue, _n._ S. gift, 2880. _Gyue_, 357. _Yeft_, 2336. Giueled, piled up, 814. [The O.Fr. _gavelé_ means piled up, heaped together. To _gavel_ corn (_see_ Halliwell) is to put it into heaps, and a _gavel_ is a heap of corn. But this may very well be derived from _gable_, since a heap takes the shape of a peaked end of a house; and the O.Fr. term is probably originally Teutonic, and connected, as _gable_ is, with Mœso-Goth. _gibla_, a pinnacle, with which compare German _giebel_, Du. _gevel_, and hence our word would be taken from a verb _givelen_, to pile up. The fish in Havelok’s basket would be what the Dutch call _gevelvormig_, or formed like a gable, or like the peaked end of a _stack_ of hay or corn, whence the author’s expression--_giueled als a stac_, piled up in the shape of a stack. Other explanations are _flayed_, from Du. _villen_, to flay; or _filed_, ranged in rows upon a stick, where _stick_ is represented by _stac_. But the latter supposition would require the reading _on_ rather than _als_; not to mention the fact that if fish are carried _in a pannier_ they would not resemble fish carried _on a stick_. Nor is it quite satisfactory to say that _giueled_ is put for _gefilled_, filled; for this is not elucidated by the expression _als a stac_, any more than the explanation _flayed_ is. _Gable_ is Icel. _gafl_, Sw. _gafvel_, Dan. _gavl_, Du. _gevel_, Ger. _giebel_, _gipfel_, &c. Its forked shape seems to give rise to Ger. _gabel_, Sw. _gaffel_, a fork; respecting which set of words see _Gaff_ in Wedgwood.] Gladlike, _adv._ S. gladly, 805, 906, 1760. Glede, _n._ S. a burning coal, 91, 869. Rits. M. R., Web., R. Br., Chauc. _See_ Note on l. 91. Gleiue, Gleyue, Fr. a spear, lance, 1770, 1844, 1981. _Gleiues_, _Gleyues_, _pl._ 267, 1748, 1864. Dr Merrick explains it, “A weapon composed of a long cutting blade at the end of a staff.” See R. Gl. p. 203; Guy of Warw. R. iii.; Chauc. Court of Love, 544; Percy, A. R. Glem, _n._ S. gleam, ray, 2122. _See_ Stem. Gleu, _n._ S. game, skill, 2332. Properly, says Sir W. Scott, the joyous science of the minstrels. Cf. Sir Tr. p. 24, 35, 150. Gleymen, _n. pl._ S. gleemen, 2329. _Glewemen_, Sir Tr. p. 110.