geirr

See also: Geirr

Contents

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”). Cognate with Old English gār, Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr.

NounEdit

geirr m

1. spear

DescendantsEdit

• Danish: ger c
• Icelandic: geir m

• Norwegian (nynorsk): geir m

ReferencesEdit

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