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)

spear

Declension

declension of geir

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
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

to admit (to concede to be true)

References

geir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Welsh

Noun

geir

Soft mutation of ceir.

Verb

geir

Soft mutation of ceir.

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