Geisl

Old Norse Dictionary - geisl

Meaning of Old Norse word "geisl" in English.

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

geisl Old Norse word can mean:

geisl: m. (gísli, Fb. ii. 273, less correctly), [cp. O. H. G. geisila, mid. and mod. Germ. geissel, a scourge]:—the staff used by men sliding in snow shoes, O. H. L. 153.

geisl: 2. the short ribs, costae, Björn.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Germ.: German.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

O. H. L.: Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)

Björn: Biörn Halldórsson.

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