Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *atgaizaz, equivalent to at- +‎ geirr (spear). Compare English atgar.

Noun

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atgeirr m

  1. halberd

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: atgeir
  • Norwegian:

References

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