Old French

Adjective

gayf m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular gayve)

1. (of property, etc.) lost and unclaimed

Noun

gayf m ‎(oblique plural gays, nominative singular gays, nominative plural gayf)

1. something that is lost and unclaimed

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gaif)