Vísir

Old Norse Dictionary - vísir

Meaning of Old Norse word "vísir" in English.

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

vísir Old Norse word can mean:

vísir
m. an index, botan. a sprout; sýndisk mér vísirinn vaxa smám, of a grape, Stj. 200: the saying, mjór er mikils vísir, reminding one of the parable of the mustard seed in the n. T.
vísir
II. = vísi, a leader, king, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

botan.
botanically.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

N. T.
New Testament.
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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