Geiga
Old Norse Dictionary - geiga
Meaning of Old Norse word "geiga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word geiga can mean:geiga
- geiga
- að, to take a wrong direction, to rove at random, of a bolt or the like; ok geigaði á fluginu, Grett. 124; hann skaut tveimr örum eðr þremr ok geigaði þat allt, Sturl. ii. 135; eigi veit hvar óskytja ör geigar, none can tell where a shaft ill-shot may stray to, Fms. vii. 262, Fas. ii. 358, (a saying.)
- geiga
- 2. láta augun g., to look askance, Hom. (St.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)