geirr
nafnorðkarlkyn
[ gâr; gêr; keir, whence kesja, ; also gaesum, a Teut.-Lat. word]:—a spear, 41, i. 177, 15, 37, 1. 15, 40; Odin is represented wielding a geir, called Gungnir, as are also the Valkyrjur; marka sik geirs-oddi, to mark oneself in the breast with a spear’s point, so as to make blood flow, was a heathen rite whereby warriors on their death-bed devoted themselves to Odin; it was the common belief that a man who died a natural death was not admitted into Valhalla after death; this rite is only mentioned in mythical Sagas such as 10; also S. 7.—þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi ok mælti, nú gef ek þik Óðni: the origin of this rite is in , where Odin himself is represented as hanging on the tree Yggdrasil ‘wounded with a spear and given to Odin, myself to myself;’ some trace it to a Christian origin, which is not very likely. Again, the cruel blóðörn () is no doubt connected with this kind of sacrifice to Odin.
II. a name, and also in many compds, Sig-geirr, Þór-geirr, Ás-geirr, Vé-geirr (the holy spear), and Geir-hildr, Geir-ríðr, Geir-mundr, Geir-laug, Geir-röðr, and many others, vide Geira, u, a name,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Hel.Heliand.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- q. v.quod vide.
- cp.compare.
- Lat.Latin.
- ch.chapter.
- pr.proper, properly.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hbl.Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Yngl. S.Ynglinga saga. (C. II.)
- Gautr.Gautreks saga. (C. II.)
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)