Gísli
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gísli m
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]Patronymics
- Gísli's son: Gíslason
- Gísli's daughter: Gísladóttir
Declension
[edit]| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Gísli |
| accusative | Gísla |
| dative | Gísla |
| genitive | Gísla |
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse Gísl, from gísl (“hostage”). High born children were sometimes kept as hostages. Hence the speculative meaning "from a noble family".
Proper noun
[edit]Gísli m (proper noun, genitive singular Gísla)
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gísli |
| accusative | Gísla |
| dative | Gísla |
| genitive | Gísla |
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic male given names