vitleysa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vitleysa.

Noun

vitleysa f (genitive singular vitleysu, nominative plural vitleysur)

  1. nonsense, rubbish, twaddle
    Synonyms: rugl, rövl, þvaður
  2. folly, silliness
    Synonyms: fásinna, glópska
  3. error, mistake
    Synonyms: skekkja, villa

Declension

Declension of vitleysa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vitleysa vitleysan vitleysur vitleysurnar
accusative vitleysu vitleysuna vitleysur vitleysurnar
dative vitleysu vitleysunni vitleysum vitleysunum
genitive vitleysu vitleysunnar vitleysa vitleysanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From vit (“wit, understanding”) +‎ -leysa (“lacking, devoid of”), the latter related to Proto-Germanic *-lausaz (“-less, lacking”). Close cognate with English witless.

Noun

vitleysa f (genitive vitleysu)

  1. madness
  2. nonsense

Declension

Declension of vitleysa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vitleysa vitleysan vitleysur vitleysurnar
accusative vitleysu vitleysuna vitleysur vitleysurnar
dative vitleysu vitleysunni vitleysum vitleysunum
genitive vitleysu vitleysunnar vitleysna vitleysnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vitleysa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vettløyse, vitløyse

Further reading

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