Vísi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vísi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 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.

2 vísi

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

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᛋᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

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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