Geil

Old Norwegian Dictionary - geil

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "geil" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

geil: geil, f. (N. PL. -ar) Kløft, Vei eller Pas-sage, som indesluttes af Høider paabegge Sider (jvf gil). GísL. 13630; DN.VI, 8436; Nj. 77 (11412); jvf grasgeil,hafsgeil; især i Plur., og da om Pas-sage, der dannes af Gjærder, Huse eller Menneskerækker, der omgive den paa begge Sider. Flat. II, 50914. 16 (jvfgeilagarðinn L. 20); SturL. II, 9514;Fm. VIII, 4092; skal geilar gera afmönnum heim at kirkjugarðshliði -,en biskup skal eigi til bœjar komast,útan hann ríði þessar geilar Bp. I,2919; gera e-m geilar = gera, skapae-m götu Frost. 14, 1213 (NL. II,51514); Bjark. 1474.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚽᛁᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

L.: Linje.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

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