Gísl
Dizionario Old Norse - gísl
Significato della parola Old Norse "gísl"
Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:
La parola Old Norse gísl può significare: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.
Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᚴᛁᛋᛚ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero
Abbreviazioni usate:
- 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.
Opere & Autori citati:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)