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    Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. The names Genseric, Radagaisus indicate Gothic *gais. Latin gaesum, gaesus, Greek γαῖσον was the term for the lance of the Gauls. The Avestan...
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  • (1908–1981), Norwegian composer Geir Zahl (born 1975), Norwegian musician Latin gaesum, gaesus, Greek γαῖσον was the term for the lance of the Gauls. The Avestan...
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    meaning "sword". The Romans described the spear of the Gauls with the word gaesum, a Latinisation of the Gaulish *gaisos. It is likely that two Latin words...
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  • another halberd-type weapon. The name is thought to come from Celtic-Latin gæsum. The Cleasby and Vigfússon dictionary notes that "kesja, atgeir and höggspjót...
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  • the Celtic language, more specifically the words gaesi ("valiant man") or gaesum ("iron dart"), similar to the Celtic-Germanic name Caesorix. The Spanish...
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