Geil
Old Norse Dictionary - geil
Meaning of Old Norse word "geil"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word geil can mean:geil
- geil
- f. [cp. gil, a chasm]:—a narrow glen; geilar þær sem ganga fyrir framan Titlingshól, Vm. 156, Fms. viii. 409, Nj. 114, Gísl. 136; geilar þreyngar at ríða at bænum, Orkn. 450; gras-geilar, grassy ‘gills,’ Hrafn. 20; Hrossa-geilar, id.
- geil
- II. any narrow passage, e. g. a shaft through a hay-rick or the narrow lane between hay-ricks or houses.
- geil
- COMPDS: geilagarðr, geilagarðshlið.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)