Gires

Old Danish Dictionary - gires

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

The Old Danish word Gires can mean:

  • go. attrå, be- szære; uw hidh oc nw tidh rørdes then bøghligh hugh oe tha thettæ sirædes. H. Suso. 117; manghæ kominghæ oc mangæ prophete gyri- des til at se thet, ther i se. Khist. Saml. I. 445 ( Luk. 10.4; Chr. Pedersen og tgd. oversættelser: vilde); the tha meer gyredæs oc thradhæ at hymmelrighe. sst. VI. 158; thet, skullæ tage en ond endbæ at zeres æfter te land, man hauer engen rætth till, Romant. Digtu. UL 64r —= ath fige. Chr. Pedersen. V. 44.n. — ire, to. havesyg. gærrig; ower mate pintes ther gire oc uidinge oc ynde køpmæn. IL. Suso. 75.5. Ordet er vel egenlig kun en form af virig (se ndf.), jvf 0. Nielsen, GÅ wwaTiugsvidner, XX-XX1; Rydqvist. IV. 421.

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

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
go.
gærningsord (verbum).
n.
norsk.
nt.
nedertysk.
t.
tysk.
to.
tillægsord (adjectivum).

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