Geir-fálki

Old Norse Dictionary - geir-fálki

Meaning of Old Norse word "geir-fálki" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

geir-fálki
a, m. [a for. word; mid. Lat. gyrfalco], a gerfalcon, H. E. i. 391, N. G. L. ii. 471.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᚱ-ᚠᛅᛚᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

for.
foreign.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
L.
Linnæus.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. Lat.
middle Latin.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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