Vizka
Old Norse Dictionary - vizka
Meaning of Old Norse word "vizka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vizka can mean:vizka
- vizka
- u, f., qs. vitska, [vit], wisdom, Fas. i. 392; sýnit vizku yðra, 623. 29; kraptr ok v., Barl. 99; gef honum vizku þíns helga anda, 100; skildi konungr þat af vizku sinni, at …, Ó. H. 98; er þat eigi undarligt at gæfa fylgi vizku, 123, passim; vizku-bragð, a wise contrivance, Fær. 157; mikill er vizku-munr orðinn, Nj. 36; vizku-tré, the tree of knowledge, 671. 6: freq. in mod. usage, Jesu óx aldr og vizka og náð, N. T., Pass., Vídal.: ú-vizka, foolishness; sér-vizka, q. v.
- vizka
- COMPDS: vizkuliga, vizkuligr, vizkumaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.