See geirr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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},
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},
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}
],
"text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: geir"
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
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},
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},
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}
],
"text": "Swedish: ger, gir"
},
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}
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}
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},
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{
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"1": "ofs",
"2": "gēr"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian gēr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "osx",
"2": "gēr"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon gēr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "gēr"
},
"expansion": "Old High German gēr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "nds",
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
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},
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“throwing spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognate with Old English gār, Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr, Low German gere, Dutch geer.",
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
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"form": "geirrinn",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "geirar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "geirarnir",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "geir",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
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"form": "geirinn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "geira",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "geirana",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "geiri",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"roman": "kaiʀ",
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]
}
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"1": "geirar",
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"2": "dpd"
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"1": "geirs",
"2": "gsi"
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{
"args": {
"1": "geirsins",
"2": "gsd"
},
"name": "non-decl-cell"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "geira",
"2": "gpi"
},
"name": "non-decl-cell"
},
{
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"1": "geiranna",
"2": "gpd"
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}
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"lang_code": "non",
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{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "non",
"name": "Weapons",
"orig": "non:Weapons",
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"source": "w"
}
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{
"english": "though spears would.",
"ref": "verse 16 of the Hávamál Ósnjallr maðr / hyggsk munu ey lifa, ef hann við víg varask; en elli gefr / hánum engi frið, þótt hánum geirar gefi. A cowardly man / believes he will live forever if he keep himself away from battle",
"text": "but old age gives / him no peace",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"spear"
],
"id": "en-geirr-non-noun-jyzJNrGW",
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[
"spear",
"spear"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "geirr"
}
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "ger"
},
"expansion": "Danish: ger",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Danish: ger"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "geir"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic: geir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Icelandic: geir"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "geiri",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Icelandic: geiri",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Icelandic: geiri"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian:"
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "geir"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: geir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian Bokmål: geir"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "geir"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: geir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: geir"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "göir",
"3": "geir",
"4": "ger",
"5": "gir"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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"2": "ger",
"3": "gir"
},
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}
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"text": "Swedish: ger, gir"
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"3": "gir",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Swedish: gere, gir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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"2": "gering",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Swedish: gering",
"name": "desc"
}
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"name": "cog"
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"name": "cog"
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},
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"name": "cog"
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "geer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch geer",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"nominative",
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]
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
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"source": "declension",
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]
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{
"form": "geir",
"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"definite",
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{
"form": "geira",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
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"definite",
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]
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{
"form": "geiri",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "geirinum",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "geirum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
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"form": "geirunum",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "geirs",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "geirsins",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "geira",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "geiranna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ᚴᛅᛁᛦ",
"roman": "kaiʀ",
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]
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "geirinn",
"2": "asd"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "geira",
"2": "api"
},
"name": "non-decl-cell"
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{
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"1": "geirana",
"2": "apd"
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"name": "non-decl-cell"
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{
"args": {
"1": "geiri",
"2": "dsi"
},
"name": "non-decl-cell"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "geirinum",
"2": "dsd"
},
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{
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"1": "geirum",
"2": "dpi"
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"2": "dpd"
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{
"args": {
"1": "geirs",
"2": "gsi"
},
"name": "non-decl-cell"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "geirsins",
"2": "gsd"
},
"name": "non-decl-cell"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "geira",
"2": "gpi"
},
"name": "non-decl-cell"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "geiranna",
"2": "gpd"
},
"name": "non-decl-cell"
}
],
"lang": "Old Norse",
"lang_code": "non",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Norse lemmas",
"Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns",
"Old Norse masculine nouns",
"Old Norse nouns",
"Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰey- (drive)",
"Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old Norse terms with quotations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"non:Weapons"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "though spears would.",
"ref": "verse 16 of the Hávamál Ósnjallr maðr / hyggsk munu ey lifa, ef hann við víg varask; en elli gefr / hánum engi frið, þótt hánum geirar gefi. A cowardly man / believes he will live forever if he keep himself away from battle",
"text": "but old age gives / him no peace",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"spear"
],
"links": [
[
"spear",
"spear"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "geirr"
}
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