Geirnagli

Old Norwegian Dictionary - geirnagli

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "geirnagli" in Norwegian.

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

geirnagli: geirnagli, m. Nagle paa geirr, som tjentetil at fæste Bladet til Skaftet; hannhafði - spjót mikit í hendi, ok engirkrókarnir á, ok var silfrrekinn falrinná, hann settist niðr ok drap or geir-naglann, því at hann vildi eigi, at Þ.mætti aptr senda - -; þegar hannkom í skotmál við þá, skaut hannspjóti at Þorbirni, en þat var lausaraá skaptinu, en hann ætlaði o. s. v.Grett. 10916 fg 31 fgg

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚽᛁᚱᚿᛆᚵᛚᛁ
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:

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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