vissa

French

Verb

vissa

  1. third-person singular past historic of visser

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vissa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪsːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsːa

Noun

vissa f (genitive singular vissu, no plural)

  1. certainty

Declension

Declension of vissa (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative vissa vissan
accusative vissu vissuna
dative vissu vissunni
genitive vissu vissunnar

Derived terms

  • fá vissu fyrir einhverju (to receive confirmation of something)
  • vita eitthvað með vissu (to know something for certain)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vissa (present tense vissar, past tense vissa, past participle vissa, passive infinitive vissast, present participle vissande, imperative vissa/viss)

  1. alternative form of visse

Noun

vissa

  1. definite singular of visse

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Old Norse

Etymology

Noun

vissa f (genitive vissu)

  1. certain knowledge, certainty

Declension

Declension of vissa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vissa vissan vissur vissurnar
accusative vissu vissuna vissur vissurnar
dative vissu vissunni vissum vissunum
genitive vissu vissunnar vissna vissnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vissa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: visse

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

vissa

  1. inflection of viss:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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