Geiri
Old Norse Dictionary - geiri
Meaning of Old Norse word "geiri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word geiri can mean:geiri
- geiri
- a, m. [Engl. goar or gore; Germ. gebre], a goar or triangular strip, Orkn. 374 (in a verse), freq.; land-g., a goar of land; gras-geirar, grass strips among rocks; set-g., a goar let into breeches.
- geiri
- II. a pr. name, Landn.
- geiri
- III. fire, poët., Edda (gl.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)