Vísa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - vísa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "vísa" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

vísa Old Icelandic word can mean:

vísa
I)
vísa
(að, rarely -ta, -t), v. to show, point out, indicate;
vísa
~ e-m leið, to show one the way;
vísa
~ augum í e-n, to direct, fix the eyes on one;
vísa
~ hundi at mann í, to set a hound on a person;
vísa
~ e-m til sætis, to show one where to sit;
vísa
~ e-m til landskostar, to direct one to the best of the land;
vísa
þeir vísuðu honum til Kols, they showed him the way to Kol, told him where he was to be found;
vísa
~ e-m til vegar, to show one the road;
vísa
~ e-m frá, to send one away, reject an application;
vísa
~ á e-t, to point at, indicate (fleiri eru þau tíðindi, er kvæðit ~r á);
vísa
~ svá til, at, to indicate (~ ok svá til enskar bœkr, at);
vísa
impers., ~r svá til í sögu Bjarnar, it is indicated, referred to, in the story of B.;
vísa
with infin., ~ e-m at gera e-t, to tell, prompt one to do a thing.
vísa
II)
vísa
f. verse, strophe, stanza (hann orti kvæði ok eru þessar vísur í).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
e-t
eitthvat.
impers.
impersonal.
n.
neuter.
f.
feminine.

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