geir

See also: Geir and géir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geirr, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /keiːr/
  • Rhymes: -eiːr
    Homophones: Geir

Noun

geir m (genitive singular geirs, nominative plural geirar)

  1. spear

Declension
declension of geir
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative geir geirinn geirar geirarnir
accusative geir geirinn geira geirana
dative geiri / geir geirnum geirum geirunum
genitive geirs geirsins geira geiranna

Old French

Verb

geir

  1. to admit (to concede to be true)

References

Welsh

Noun

geir

  1. Soft mutation of ceir.

Verb

geir

  1. Soft mutation of ceir.
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