Geilagarðs-hlið
Old Norse Dictionary - geilagarðs-hlið
Meaning of Old Norse word "geilagarðs-hlið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- geilagarðs-hlið
- n. a gate in a fence, Sturl. ii. 247; skal geilar göra af mönnum (defile of men) heim at kirkjugarðs-hliði, Bs. i. 291: göra e-m geilar, a law phrase, to let (a thief) run the gauntlet, n. G. l. i. 253, passim; hafs-geil, the sea-lane, through which the host of Pharaoh passed, Stj. 287, cp. Exod. xiv. 23.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᛚᛅᚴᛅᚱᚦᛋ-ᚼᛚᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)