Geiri

Old Norwegian Dictionary - geiri

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "geiri" in Norwegian.

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

geiri: geiri, m. (ght. gêro, kêro Graff IV, 225mht. og nht. gêre, gehren Mhd. Wb. I,499 a6; DWb. IV, 1, 2543 fg; SchmellerII, 626 fgg, ags. gâra Kemble Cod. diplomat. III, XXVI, jvf gherone,garone Diez3 I, 207 fg). Vinkel, vinkel-eller triangelformet Stykke, der har Lig-hed med Jernet, Bladet paa geirr, og iSærdeleshed Kile som er indsat, indfældti et Klædingsstykke (jvf bjórr, Folke-sprogets geire Aasen 213 b51, nt. gereBrem. niedersächs. Wörterb. II, 49910jvf DWb. IV, 1, 254422 fg); kun i set-geiri; jvf fjölgeirungr.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚽᛁᚱᛁ
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:

gr.: græft.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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