Vísi

Old Norse Dictionary - vísi

Meaning of Old Norse word "vísi" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

vísi Old Norse word can mean:

vísi: 1. a, m. a guide, leader, captain, = vísir (II), only in poets, Hdl., Hkv., Edda (Gl.) Lex. Poët.; skeiðar-vísi, a pilot, steersman, Baut. 816.

vísi: 2. f. knowledge, science; mostly in compds, ætt-vísi: of manners, in læ-vísi, dramb-vísi.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

f.: feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Baut.: Bautil. (K. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Hdl.: Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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