Gire
Old Danish Dictionary - gireMeaning of Old Danish word "Gire", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.
The Old Danish word Gire can mean:
- no. grib; it aadsel, om luileket monge virer, ører oe glenter Hue. Herm. Weigere 136". Smlgn. Sch. u, L.: gire. Sire, no. attru, begærlighed, Velyst; gøre the thet for there siri H. Nus0. 355; han [hadæj swo mygyl gyræ till worss herræ til kom Khist. Saml. I. 445, 441; Søder bunde hann met migel gere, san lodde thi havum for domær fire. Brandt.268. 21; tha wollet hans igoe gyre. Rimkr. p5; lær stander hofferdighet sansckæ led. giræ met fratz (il reedhæ. Hr. Michael. 51. Smlgn. ». sv. giri, se » Behlyter, Rieiz 193 og Rydqvist. VI 159.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᚱᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.
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Abbreviations used:
- n.
- norsk.
- no.
- navneord (substantivum).
- sv.
- svensk.
- t.
- tysk.
- æ.
- ældre.