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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“throwing spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognate with Old English gār, Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr, Low German gere, Dutch geer.
Noun
geirr m
- spear
- verse 16 of the Hávamál
Ósnjallr maðr / hyggsk munu ey lifa,
ef hann við víg varask;
en elli gefr / hánum engi frið,
þótt hánum geirar gefi.- A cowardly man / believes he will live forever
if he keep himself away from battle:
but old age gives / him no peace
though spears would.
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “geirr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive