[4] geiri (m.) ‘flare’: This is an obscure word. Several explanations of this name have been suggested. According to AEW: geiri 2, the word may mean ‘greedy’ (cf. ModIcel. gírugr and the fire heiti freki ‘greedy one’, st. 3/1 above). Alternatively, it may be connected with the weak verb geisa (< *gaizan-) ‘rage, storm’ (cf. Faroese geisa ‘beam’). However, it cannot be excluded that the fire-heiti geiri is the same word as geiri ‘triangular piece of land, triangular piece of clothing’ (ÍO: geiri 2). If so, the heiti may refer to a tongue of flame.