geirfugl

Faroese edit

geirfugl

geirfugl m (genitive singular geirfugls, nominative plural geirfuglar)

declension of geirfugl

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	geirfugl	geirfuglinn	geirfuglar	geirfuglarnir
accusative	geirfugl	geirfuglinn	geirfugla	geirfuglana
dative	geirfugli	geirfuglinum	geirfuglum	geirfuglunum
genitive	geirfugls	geirfuglsins	geirfugla	geirfuglanna

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geirfugl

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From Old Norse geirfugl, from geirr (“spear”, referring to the beak) +‎ fugl (“bird”). Cognate with Faroese gorfuglur, geirfuglur, Swedish garfågel and English garefowl.

geirfugl m (definite singular geirfuglen, indefinite plural geirfuglar, definite plural geirfuglane)

From geirr (“spear”) +‎ fugl (“bird”).

geirfugl m (genitive geirfugls, plural geirfuglar)

Declension of geirfugl (strong a-stem)

Icelandic: geirfugl
Faroese: gorfuglur, geirfuglur (AD 1605 recorded as goirfugel)
- → French: gorfou
Norwegian Nynorsk: geirfugl
Swedish: garfågel
Scottish Gaelic: gearra-bhall, gearbhal, gearbhul
- English: garefowl, gairfowl, gurfel
→ Danish: gejrfugl (through Faroese or Norwegian)
- Norwegian Bokmål: geirfugl

“geirfugl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press