Set-geiri
Old Norse Dictionary - set-geiri
Meaning of Old Norse word "set-geiri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- set-geiri
- a, m. a ‘seat-goar,’ a piece let into a pair of breeches; í brókum með setgeira í, Ld. 136; hann skar rauf á setgeiranum, Fms. vii. 202. set-geira-brækr, f. pl. breeches with goars in the seat, Ld. 136.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛏ-ᚴᛁᛁᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)