Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To prod with a goad. · To encourage or stimulate. · To incite or provoke.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA long, pointed stick used to prod animals. · That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)). Doublet of gad and yard; see also xyston.
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