vísa

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See also: Vísa, visa, Visa, and visā

Faroese

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of vísa (group v-2)
infinitive vísa
supine víst
participle (a39)1 vísandi vístur
present past
first singular vísi vísti
second singular vísir vísti
third singular vísir vísti
plural vísa vístu
imperative
singular vís!
plural vísið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vísa, cognate with Swedish visa.

Pronunciation

Noun

vísa f (genitive singular vísu, nominative plural vísur)

  1. (poetry) verse

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

vísa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vísaði, supine vísað)

  1. (with dative) to show a person to a place

Conjugation

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vísa f

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

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

Verb

vísa

  1. to show, point out, indicate
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Faroese: vísa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vise
  • Swedish: visa
  • Danish: vise

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ.

Noun

vísa f (genitive vísu)

  1. verse, strophe, stanza
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: vísa f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vise f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vise m or f
  • Swedish: visa c
  • Danish: vise c

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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

Noun

vísa

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

References

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