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

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Old French

Verb

geir

1. to admit (to concede to be true)

References

• geir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Welsh

Noun

geir

1. Soft mutation of ceir.

Verb

geir

1. Soft mutation of ceir.