Gemlir
Old Norse Dictionary - gemlir
Meaning of Old Norse word "gemlir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gemlir
- m., poët. the old, an eagle, Lex. poët.: in mythol. names as Ör-g., cp. Germ. ur-alt, Edda, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛘᛚᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.