Vísi
Old Norse Dictionary - vísi
Meaning of Old Norse word "vísi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vísi can mean:vísi
- 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.