Geir
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Geirr, whence also Geirur.
Proper noun[edit]
Geir m
- a male given name
Usage notes[edit]
Patronymics
- son of Geir: Geirsson
- daughter of Geir: Geirsdóttir
Declension[edit]
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Geir |
Accusative | Geir |
Dative | Geiri |
Genitive | Geirs |
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Geirr, from geirr (“spear”) (whence also geir).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Geir m
- a male given name
Declension[edit]
declension of Geir
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Revived in the end of the 19th century; from Old Norse Geirr, from geirr (“spear”). Also a short form of compound names with this element. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Geir and Swedish Ger.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Geir m (definite Geiren)
- a male given name from Old Norse
Related terms[edit]
- geir (“spear”) (see that for given names)
References[edit]
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Geir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 185 males with the given name Geir living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 1st April, 2023.
Categories:
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːr/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names from Old Norse