Geisli
Dizionario Old Norse - geisli
Significato della parola Old Norse "geisli"
Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:
La parola Old Norse geisli può significare: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.
Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᚴᛁᛁᛋᛚᛁ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero
Abbreviazioni usate:
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- v.
- vide.
- viz.
- namely.
Opere & Autori citati:
- 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.)