Vista

Old Icelandic Dictionary - vista

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "vista" in English.

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

vista Old Icelandic word can mean:

vista
(að), v.
vista
1) to lodge, find lodgings and food for (hann ~r kaupmenn nær skipi);
vista
2) to furnish with food, provisions (þat var þá háttr, at menn vistuðu sik sjálfir til þings);
vista
3) refl., ~st, to take up a fixed abode, stay, sojourn (hann vildi hér ~ um sumarit).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛏᛅ

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