vísir

See also: visir and visír

Old Norse

Etymology

The meaning of 'sprout' is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”).

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Adjective

vísir

  1. positive degree strong masculine nominative plural of víss

Noun

vísir m (genitive vísis)

  1. leader, king
    Synonym: vísi
  2. sprout

Declension

Declension of vísir (strong ija-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vísir vísirinn vísar vísarnir
accusative vísi vísinn vísa vísana
dative vísi vísinum vísum vísunum
genitive vísis vísisins vísa vísanna

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vise m
  • Swedish: vise m

Verb

vísir

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive active of vísa

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vísir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 500; also available at the Internet Archive
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