geirfugl

== Faroese == === Noun === geirfugl indefinite accusative singular of geirfuglur == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse geirfugl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈceir.fʏkl/ === Noun === geirfugl m (genitive singular geirfugls, nominative plural geirfuglar) great auk ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse geirfugl, from geirr (“spear”, referring to the beak) +‎ fugl (“bird”). Cognate with Faroese gorfuglur, geirfuglur, Swedish garfågel and English garefowl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²jɛɪːrfʊɡl/, (from written form) /²ɡɛɪːr-/ Note: See pronunciations of -fugl on fugl. === Noun === geirfugl m (definite singular geirfuglen, indefinite plural geirfuglar, definite plural geirfuglane) great auk ==== Related terms ==== geir (“spear”) fugl (“bird”) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From geirr (“spear”) +‎ fugl (“bird”). === Noun === geirfugl m (genitive geirfugls, plural geirfuglar) great auk gyrfalcon Synonym: geirfalki ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: geirfugl Faroese: gorfuglur, geirfuglur (AD 1605 recorded as goirfugel) → French: gorfou Norwegian Nynorsk: geirfugl Swedish: garfågel Scottish Gaelic: gearra-bhall, gearbhal, gearbhul English: garefowl, gairfowl, gurfel → Danish: gejrfugl (through Faroese or Norwegian) Norwegian Bokmål: geirfugl === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “geirfugl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive