vísa

vísa (third person singular past indicative vísti, third person plural past indicative víst, supine víst)

1. to show, to exhibit

2. to show, to point at

   nálin vísti teim leið - the compass needle showed them the direction.

3. to show, to instruct

   eg vísti honum, hvussu hann skuldi gera - I showed him how to do it.

4. to show, to prove

   Hesi tølini vísa, hvussu støðan er - These figures show what things are like.

5. visa frá sær - to decline, to turn down
6. visa seg -to seem

• sýna

From Old Norse vísa, cognate with Swedish visa.

• Rhymes: -iːsa

vísa f (genitive singular vísu, nominative plural vísur)

1. (poetry) verse

• vögguvísa

vísa f

1. (rare) alternative spelling of visa (“verse”)

From Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

vísa

1. to show, point out, indicate

From Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ.

vísa f (genitive vísu)

1. verse, strophe, stanza

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vísa

1. inflection of víss:
   1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
   2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
   3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
   4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
   5. positive degree weak neuter singular

vísa

1. inflection of vísi:
   1. indefinite oblique singular
   2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural
2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of vísir

• vísa in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.