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Its shape was angular, and suspended from the neck by a strap called guige or gige, a Norman custom of great antiquity.— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
He taketh the guige from his neck and would have given him the shield, when the damsel afoot: "Hold, sir knight, you that are named Messire— The High History of the Holy Graal
The same may be said, when some figure, almost certainly a Badge, was introduced into the composition of a Seal, holding or supporting a Shield by its guige, as in No. 203; or when a Shield, or two or more Shields, were charged upon some figure, as in No. 204: both of these examples, indeed, might be regarded as illustrations of the origin or first adoption of single Supporters.— The Handbook to English Heraldry
Ages, or among the Iroquois and Algonquins, make men dispense with corslets, even when the shield was worn, as in Homer, slung round the neck by a _telamon_ (_guige_ in Old French), belt, or baldric.— Homer and His Age
a strap called guige or gige, a Norman custom of great antiquity.— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
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