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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