Geisli
Altnordisches Wörterbuch - geisli
Bedeutung des altnordischen Wortes "geisli"
Wie im Cleasby & Vigfusson Altnordisch-Englisch Wörterbuch definiert:
Das altnordische Wort geisli kann bedeuten:geisli
- geisli
- a, m.
- geisli
- 1. prop. a beam, staff, = geisl; but only used,
- geisli
- 2. metaph. a beam, ray, of the sun, Rb. 472, Fas. i. 516, Hkv. 1. 15, Hom. 128; sólar-g., a sun-beam; ár-g., morning-beam, poët.: the eye is called brá-geisli, brow-beam, Korm. Geisla-dagr, m. ‘Beam-day;’ it is prob. a rendering of Epiphany, though it is not used of that very day, which is called Þrettándi, but of the seventh day after, viz. the 13th of January.
Mögliche Runeninschrift im Jüngeren Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᛋᛚᛁ
Jüngere Futhark-Runen wurden vom 8. bis 12. Jahrhundert in Skandinavien und ihren überseeischen Siedlungen verwendet
Verwendete Abkürzungen:
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- v.
- vide.
- viz.
- namely.
Zitierte Werke & Autoren:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)