Gerfalk

Old Danish Dictionary - gerfalk

Meaning of Old Danish word "Gerfalk", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Gerfalk can mean:

  • no. en falkeart, falco yyr(alco; herodionem, theth ær ger- fulk. Gl. D. Bib. 3. Msb. 11.19; ther til bafuer han mangæ siælsinæ fughlæ, høgæ, falkæ, sirfalkæ, Mandev. Rejse.320; saa mange gier faleke, som the fangendis worder, tha schulle the ther aff selge oss huer tredie (1550). D. Mag, VI. 218; skall thet were ss frijt for at mue tage huer tredie vier falek (1580). n. hist. Tdskr. II. 413. Smlgn. Fritzner: geirfalkr;

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚽᚱᚠᛆᛚᚴ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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