Gísl

Old Norse Dictionary - gísl

Betydningen af oldnorske ordet "gísl"

Som defineret af Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse til English ordbog:

Oldnorske ordet gísl kan betyde:gísl

gísl
m. [A. S. gîsel; lost in Engl.; Germ. geissel; Swed. gislan; Dan. gidsel; to be distinguished from geisl; mod. Germ. and Dan. confound the two forms, one of which has ei and the other î as root vowel; mid. H. G. retained a distinction]:—a hostage, LS. 39, FmS. v. 171, ix. 359, passim.
gísl
II. a king’s officer, a bailiff; gísl keisarans, FmS. i. 151, cp. BS. i. 9, i. e. of the German emperor:—a warder, watchman, þeir höfðu sett til gísla at gæta hans (of a prisoner), FmS. viii. 23; konungr lagði fe til höfuðs honum ok setti hvervetna fyrir hann gísla (viz. to catch him) hvar sem hann kynni fram at koma, vi. 16:—this sense is very rare, and in Icel. never occurs except in metaph. phraseS.
gísl
III. a pr. name, Gísl and Gísli; in many compds, Þor-gísl, Spá-gísl, Auð-gísl, Her-gísl, but usually by metathesis -gils, e. g. Þor-gils, etc.

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Yngre futhark runer blev brugt fra det 8. til det 12. århundrede i Skandinavien og deres oversøiske bosættelser

Forkortelser brugt:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mid. H. G.
middle High German.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
S.
Saga.
s. v.
sub voce.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.
cp.
compare.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
i. e.
id est.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
viz.
namely.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
etc.
et cetera.
pr.
proper, properly.

Værker & Forfattere citeret:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
➞ Se alle citerede værker i ordbogen

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