Geyja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - geyja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "geyja" in Norwegian.

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

geyja: geyja, v. (gey, gó) 1) gjø (om Hund). Am.24; Jómsv. 572. 21 (Fm. XI, 107. 1222;Jómsv.* 88. 1014); Nj. 48 (7421); hann(nl. Hunden) mun ok geyja at hverjummanni þeim, er hann veit at úvinþínn er Nj. 71 (10617). 2) udskjælde, gest þú né geyja Hm. 134; geyjaheilagt nafn dróttins Heilag. II, 23329;vil ek eigi goð geyja Flat. I, 42628(jvf goðgá); hann gør Gefjon Post.14639 (676); þá geyr hón á þá ok mæltihvetvetna íllt Gísl. 13926 jvf 5326;geyjast dvs. skjændes, Bjark. 1628.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚽᛦᛁᛆ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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