geirr

• ᚴᛅᛁᛦ (kaiʀ) — runic

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.

geirr m

1. spear
   • 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:
     but old age gives / him no peace
     though spears would.

• Icelandic: geir
• Norwegian Bokmål: geir
• Norwegian Nynorsk: geir
• Danish: ger
• Swedish: gere, gir

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “geirr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive