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

• Icelandic: geir
• Norwegian Nynorsk: geir
• Danish: ger

ReferencesEdit

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