After that they drew lots, and Geir the Priest drew the lot to take up the suit.
So Skamkell stayed there the night over, but Gizur sent a man to fetch Geir the Priest; and he came there early.
Thou shalt challenge Gizur the White to combat on the island, if they do not leave the whole award to thee; but Kolskegg shall challenge Geir the Priest.
Then Geir the Priest called on Gunnar for his defence, and took witness of all the steps in the suit which had been proved.
Then they were all set at one again, but at the Thing there was great talk, and the end of it was, that Geir the Priest and Hogni were set at one again, and that atonement they held to ever afterwards.
Geir the Priest dwelt in the Lithe till his deathday, and he is out of the story.
Then Gizur the White and Geir the Priest rode east over the rivers as soon as ever they heard that, and so east across the sands to Hof.
But about this matter of the suit," he says, "there is no need to speak softly, how that it is the will of both Gizur and Geir that this suit should not be settled in a friendly way.
That man is also named in this story whose name was Geirthe Priest; his mother was Thorkatla, another daughter of Kettlebjorn the Old of Mossfell.
Then Gunnar, in his turn, called on Geir the Priest to listen to his oath, and to the defence which he was about to bring forward in the suit.
Thou too, Geir the Priest, shalt know that this suit of outlawry which hangs over thee shall not fall to the ground if thou wilt not listen to my words.
Geir the Priest bade Gunnar to listen to his oath, and then he took the oath, and afterwards declared his suit.
After that they drew lots, and Geir the priest drew the lot to take up the suit.
So Skamkell stayed there the night over, but Gizur sent a man to fetch Geir the priest; and he came there early.
Geir the priest and Gizur the white stood at the court of the men of Rangriver looking north, and Gunnar and Njal stood looking south towards the court.
Methinks it were best that thou farest to see Gizur the white andGeir the priest now this very hour.
This shall be so," says Gizur, and they cast lots, and the lot fell on Geir to stay behind.
Then they were all set at one again, but at the Thing there was great talk, and the end of it was, that Geir the priest and Hogni were set at one again, and that atonement they held to ever afterwards.
Then Gunnar, in his turn, called on Geir the priest to listen to his oath, and to the defence which he was about to bring forward in the suit.
Now one day men went to the Hill of Laws, and then Geir the priest stood up and gave notice that he had a suit of manslaughter against Gunnar for the slaying of Otkell.
Haue we etlyt the Phrigyane febill geir Down from the grund to welt our into weir?
The schameful victouris, thir Rutilyanys, The pray and spreth, and other geir that ganys, Joysyng but obstakil, Volscens ded body 25 Onto the tentis wepand bair in hy.
My gentil gest, enfors the and addres To lern to dar contemp welth and riches, And do thi self compone, and schaw in deid In goddis steid worthy to succeid, 30 With thame equal ressauyt in sic herbry; Amang smal geir now entris bowsumly.
Men mycht behald full mony riall stedis, 15 Full mony pantyt targe and weirlyke wedis: Of giltyn geir dyd glytter bank and bus.
Amasit I gasit To see that geir sa gay Persawing my hawing[1379] He countit me his pray.
Then drest he him into his geir Wantounlie like ane man of weir Quhilk had baith hardines and fors, And lichtlie lap upon his hors.
To put my geir in your possessioun, That wyll I nocht, so help me Dame Nature!
This god aff all his geir he schuik And laid it on the grund.
Johne Crab, that had his geir all yhar, In his fagattis has set the fyre, And our the wall syne can thame vyre, And brynt the Sow till brandis bair.
Quhen thai within herd sic a rout About the hous, thai rais in hy, 708 And tuk thair geir rycht hastely, And schot furth, fra thai harnast war.
Otkell listened in amaze and then answered that he had done so because of the counsel that Gizur himself and Geir the priest had told Skamkell.
But go and see Gizur the white and Geir the priest at once, and see if the offers of Gunnar do not seem good to them!
Let the award be made by Gizur the white and Geir the priest,' and this saying pleased Otkell.
Gizur and Geir greet you,' said Skamkell, 'and they wish that this matter should have a peaceful ending.
Now at the next Thing there was great dispute over this suit, but in the end it was settled to Gunnar's honour, and Gizur the white and Geir the priest gave pledges that they would keep the peace.
Get home, therefore, and let me ride to Gizur the white and Geir the priest instead of you.
At first Gunnar refused, but at length, after Gizur andGeir the priest swore that what Skamkell had said was false, he agreed to do it.
Little sayd is soon mended, and a little geir is soon spended.
He that spends his geir on a whore, hes both shame and skaith.
He that takes all his geir fra himself, and gives it to his bairns, it were weil ward to take a mell and knock out his hairns.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "geir" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
