gísl
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
m. [A. S. gîsel; lost in Engl.; Germ. geissel; Swed. gislan; Dan. gidsel; to be distinguished from geisl; mod. Germ. and Dan. confound the two forms, one of which has ei and the other î as root vowel; mid. H. G. retained a distinction]:—a hostage, Ls. 39, Fms. v. 171, ix. 359, passim.
- II.
a king’s officer, a bailiff; gísl keisarans, Fms. i. 151, cp. Bs. i. 9, i. e. of the German emperor:—a warder, watchman, þeir höfðu sett til gísla at gæta hans (of a prisoner), Fms. viii. 23; konungr lagði fe til höfuðs honum ok setti hvervetna fyrir hann gísla (viz. to catch him) hvar sem hann kynni fram at koma, vi. 16:—this sense is very rare, and in Icel. never occurs except in metaph. phrases.
- III.
a pr. name, Gísl and Gísli; in many compds, Þor-gísl, Spá-gísl, Auð-gísl, Her-gísl, but usually by metathesis -gils, e. g. Þor-gils, etc.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- mod.
- modern.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- cp.
- compare.
- i. e.
- id est.
- viz.
- namely.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- etc.
- et cetera.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)