Geisl
Old Norse Dictionary - geisl
Meaning of Old Norse word "geisl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word geisl can mean:geisl
- geisl
- m. (gísli, Fb. ii. 273, less correctly), [cp. O. H. G. geisila, mid. and mod. Germ. geissel, a scourge]:—the staff used by men sliding in snow shoes, O. H. L. 153.
- geisl
- 2. the short ribs, costae, Björn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Björn
- Biörn Halldórsson.