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If "gas" is an abbreviation, then I would lean towards the "nim mich gahes" interpretation someone suggested earlier. I found a number of examples, listed in my recent You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.:


Werder tot, so nim mich schier. (Mai und Beaflor)


O Herr Jeſu Chriſte
wann du wilt
ſo nim mich zu dir
Muling, Michael: Eine Christliche Leichpredigt. Wittenberg, 1615.


O Vatter kan eß sein
So nim mich bald von hinen,
Doch gschech der willen dein.
Die Liederhandschrift Y 56 der Thurgauischen Kantonsbibliothek zu Frauenfeld


It is worth pointing out that two of these examples include a word for "quickly" or "soon": schier and bald. The difficulty with "so nim gahes mich" is probably the word order though, that feels a bit shaky.
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